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Box MS Add.7923

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 Fonds — Box: MS Add.7923

Matthew Atkinson: Correspondence and papers

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7923
Scope and Contents

The papers relate principally to financial matters, to Atkinson’s personal finances and to family trusts, as well as to the affairs of the Penrith Bank. Many of the letters are from Nathaniel Clayton of Newcastle and Chesters, who had married Atkinson’s cousin Dorothy and was a trustee of the will of Atkinson’s father, and from his sons John and Michael.

Dates: 1750 - 1840
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