Manuscripts

Philip Thicknesse letters

Description: The collection consists almost entirely of letters from Philip Thicknesse to his friend John Cooke of Monmouthshire. Subject matter includes Thicknesse's family life and relations with his wives and children; business and estate affairs, including his lawsuits, management of his Monmouthshire farm at Quoitca, and his houses at Bath; life and society in Bath; travel on the Continent, particularly in France and Spain from 1775 to 1777, and in Belgium in 1782. There are a few references to his own writings and to Thomas Gainsborough.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1770-approximately 1785
Call number: mssTH
Creator: Thicknesse, Philip (1719-1792)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, 1949.
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Associated people: Cooke, John, (active 1770-1784,)
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