Manuscripts
Dawkins, Edward James, 1792-1865. 1 letter to Jane Catherine Dawkins, 1764-1826, A.L.S. (2 p.), Thorpe (Eng.)
- Description
- This collection is an excellent research resource for an English military and diplomatic family in the 19th century; specifically the period covering the Napoleonic Wars and British diplomatic influence in Europe and Central America. Though there is a strong family connection to Jamaica, there is no material in the collection related to Jamaica, slavery or Edward Long's belief in polygenism.
- Date
- [1810], Oct. 14.
- Call number
- HM 77396
- Provenance
- Acquired from Maggs Bros., London, Phillips sale, Lot 31, June 11, 1992.
- Associated people
- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, (1784-1860.)
- Canning, George, (1770-1827.)
- Dawkins, Edward James, (1792-1865.)
- Dawkins, Jane Catherine, (1764-1826.)
- Dawkins, Richard, (1768-1848.)
- Hardacre, Paul H. (1769-1834.)
- Howard, Elizabeth Molyneux-Howard, (1854-1928.)
