Letters and Journals of Lord Byron
Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1812
“Know all men by these presents, that you, Thomas Moore, stand indicted—no—invited, by special and
particular solicitation, to Lady C.
L * *’s to-morrow even, at half-past nine o’clock,
where you will meet with a civil reception and decent entertainment. Pray, come—I was so
examined after you this morning, that I entreat you to answer in person.
“Believe me, &c.”
Lady Caroline Lamb [née Ponsonby] (1785-1828)
Daughter of the third earl of Bessborough; she married the Hon. William Lamb (1779-1848)
and fictionalized her infatuation with Lord Byron in her first novel,
Glenarvon (1816).
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Irish poet and biographer, author of the
Irish Melodies (1807-34),
The Fudge Family in Paris (1818), and
Lalla
Rookh (1817); he was Byron's close friend and designated biographer.
