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Hartland family account book.
- Title
- Hartland family account book.
- Author
- Hartland, Nathaniel, 1791-1866.
- Publication
- 1825-1836.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz BND-MSS (Hartland) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Description
- 1 volume (163 manuscript pages, 87 total leaves); 20 cm
- Summary
- Vellum-bound ruled ledger book recording the household expenses of the Hartland family in Evesham, Worcestershire, England between 1825 and 1836. Includes payments for housekeepers, food, wine and spirits, children's tuition, charity, gifts, travel expenses, artwork, house improvements, and many other goods and services. Almost certainly in the hand of Nathaniel Hartland. With the printed paper bookplate of The Hartland Library ("presented by Mrs. A. G. Hartland, Hardwick Court, Chepstow, 1936"), The County Library, Berkeley House, Gloucester. With 20th century library stamp of Gloucestershire County Library.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Account books.
- Note
- Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4424).
- Biography (note)
- Nathaniel Hartland, originally of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, was a Quaker banker. In 1825 he was a widower with a young son, Alfred Harford (1817-1886), when he married Eliza Dixon (1802-1877) in Worcester. The Hartlands lived in Evesham, and the following decade saw the births of four children: Theresa Gales (1827-1907), Frederick Dixon (1830, died infant), Frederick Dixon (1832-1909), and Emily Rosa (1835-1924). By 1840, the family moved to The Oaklands, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham.
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Hartland)
- OCLC
- 1013835925
- Author
- Hartland, Nathaniel, 1791-1866.
- Title
- Hartland family account book.
- Production
- 1825-1836.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Biography
- Nathaniel Hartland, originally of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, was a Quaker banker. In 1825 he was a widower with a young son, Alfred Harford (1817-1886), when he married Eliza Dixon (1802-1877) in Worcester. The Hartlands lived in Evesham, and the following decade saw the births of four children: Theresa Gales (1827-1907), Frederick Dixon (1830, died infant), Frederick Dixon (1832-1909), and Emily Rosa (1835-1924). By 1840, the family moved to The Oaklands, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Hartland, A. G. (Amy Georgina), 1861-1945, former owner.Gloucestershire County Library, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Hartland)