Parkes correspondence (this section does not include letters written by Bessie Parkes herself), 1799 - 1878
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 4
Scope and Contents
This section includes 44 letters written by and/or to Joseph Parkes and Elizabeth Parkes (parents of Bessie Rayner Parkes), and Louise Swanton Belloc (Bessie's mother-in-law); also 6 letters written by William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes.
Dates
- Creation: 1799 - 1878
Creator
- Parkes, Joseph, 1796 - 1865 (election agent and reformer) (Person)
- Parkes, Elizabeth, c1797 - 1877 (nee Priestley) (Person)
- Belloc, Anne (Louise Swanton, 1796-1881, nee Swanton, translator) (Person)
Extent
50 item(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
BRP IV
Date information
DateText: Many of the letters are undated.
Originator(s)
Parkes, Bessie Rayner
Finding aid date
2001-10-08 08:42:22+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
Contact:
The Archivist
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The Archivist
Girton College Archive
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0JG United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 338897
archive@girton.cam.ac.uk