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Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron
Leigh Hunt to Edward John Trelawny, 1 August 1822
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Preface
Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
Chapter XI.
Chapter XII.
Chapter XIII.
Chapter XIV.
Chapter XV.
Chapter XVI.
Chapter XVII.
Chapter XVIII.
Chapter XIX.
Chapter XX.
Chapter XXI.
Chapter XXII.
Chapter XXIII.
Chapter XXIV.
Chapter XXV.
Chapter XXVI.
Appendix.
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“Pisa, 1st August, 1822.
“Dear Trelawny,

“You will of course call upon us in your way to your melancholy task; but I write to say, that
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you must not reckon upon passing through Pisa in a very great hurry, as the ladies particularly wish to have an evening, while you are here, for consulting further with us; and I myself mean, at all events, to accompany you on your journey, if you have no objection.

“I subjoin the inscriptions—mere matter-of-fact memorandums—according to the wish of the ladies. It will be for the other inscriptions to say more.

“Yours sincerely,
“Leigh Hunt.

“P. S.—Mrs. Shelley wishes very much that Capt. Roberts would be kind enough to write to his uncle about her desk, begging it to be forwarded as speedily as possible. If it is necessary to be opened, the best way will be to buy a key for that purpose; but if a key is not to be had, of course it must be broken open. As there is something in the secret drawers, it will be extremely desirable that as few persons meddle with it as possible.

“Percy Bysshe Shelley, Anglus, oram Etruscam legens in navigiolo inter Ligurnum portum et Viam Regiam, procellâ periit viii. Non. Jul. mdcccxxii. Ætat. Suæ xxx.

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“Edvardus Elliker Williams, Anglica stirpe ortus, India Orientali Natos, A Ligurno portu in Viam Regiam navigiolo proficiscens, tempestate periit viii. Non. Jul. mdcccxxii. Ætat. Suæ xxx.”

“Io, sottoscritta, prego le Autorità di Via Reggio o Livorno di consegnare al Signore Odoardo Trelawny, Inglese, la Barca nominata Il Don Juan, e tutta la sua carica, appartenente al mio marito, per essere alla sua dispozizione.

“Maria Shelley.
“Genova, 16 Settbre. 1822.”