Letters from Alfred Watts to Bessie Parkes, 1859 - 1884
Sub-sub-group
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 7D
Scope and Contents
GCPP Parkes 7/37-38.
Dates
- Creation: 1859 - 1884
Creator
- From the Sub-Fonds: Watts, Anna Mary, 1824 - 1884 (nee Howitt, artist and writer) (Person)
- From the Sub-Fonds: Howitt, Mary, 1799 - 1888 (nee Botham, writer and translator) (Person)
- From the Sub-Fonds: Howitt, Margaret Anastasia, 1839 - 1930 (writer) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Alfred Watts was born circa 1823/1824. He married a childhood friend, Anna Mary Howitt, in Highgate in 1859. He was an official in the revenue office but also had ambitions as a writer. From 1870 he and Anna lived at 19 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. They co-wrote 'Aurora: A Volume of Verse'.
Extent
2 item(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Watts, Alaric Alfred, b. 1823, writer
Finding aid date
2001-10-22 11:05:36+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
Contact:
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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