'Huxtable's Residence in London'
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/24 |
Held at | : Bishopsgate Institute Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library › |
Full title | : 'Huxtable's Residence in London' |
Date(s) | : 1818-1836; 1987 |
Level of description | : Fonds |
Extent | : 1 folder |
Name of creator(s) | : Huxtable | Elizabeth | 1756-1851 | nee Beedle | diarist and farmer's wife |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1756, Devon; married John Huxtable (1760-1838), South Molton, Devon, in November 1784; John Huxtable acquired Narracott, a farm in George Nympton parish, in 1806 and the family moved into the property in 1811; the couple had eight children, six sons and two daughters; Elizabeth Huxtable died in South Molton in July 1851, aged 94.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to, and typescript copies of, diaries by members of the Huxtable family, 1818-1821, including typescript copy of Elizabeth Huxtable's diary kept during a residency in London, April 1818-April 1819 (59pp) (n.d.); typescript copy of Mary Husxtable's diary kept during a residency in London, April 1820-May 1821 (11pp)(1987); photocopy of a cabinet photograph of an oil painting of Elizabeth Huxtable by T.G.Brooke in 1836 (1p) (n.d.); correspondence between Keith Strait-Gardner, Bishopsgate librarian David Webb and Elspeth Veale regarding Huxtable family history, with enclosed lists and transcriptions (Nov-Dec 1987).
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
No further arrangement.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Finding aids:
Collection Level Description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Collected by David Webb as part of the Institute's London Collection.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
9 January 2006.
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