MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1772-1865
Abstract:
This collection of letters and documents relates primarily to Charles Waterton (B W31n) but included as well are papers of the family (B W31m). Most of the letters to or from Waterton concern birds, bird mating, domestic news, natural history, and Walton Hall, his estate. In addition, there are recipes and a housekeeping account book (1780-1781). There are numerous letters with his sisters-in-law, Eliza and Helen Edmonstone, and also an exchange of letters between Waterton's son Edmund and Sir George Bowyer concerning Papal audiences.
Call #:
Mss.B.W31n
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Account books. | Beyond Early America | Birds. | Bowyer, George, 1811-1883 | Charlesworth, Edward, 1813-1893 | Clifford, Walter | Cottrell, Henry | Edmonstone, Eliza | Edmonstone, Helen | Fennell, J. G. (John Greville), 1807-1885 | Hobson, Richard, 1795-1868 | Home economics -- Accounting -- 18th century. | Jones, Edward | Natural history. | Ornithology. | Popes. | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Waterton, Edmund, 1830-1887
