Diary, 1820
Item — Box: Firth Manuscripts Box 1
Reference code: 58/1/10
Scope and Contents
The 1820 diary is written in The Ladies Select Pocket Remembrancer for the Year 1820. On 27 December Elizabeth's father died. The Brontë's move to Haworth, but Mr Brontë notably returns to administer consolation at Dr Firth’s deathbed. This was also the year following Peterloo, with unrest in the manufacturing districts; on the night of 31 March Elizabeth and her family ‘sat up expecting the Radicals.'
Dates
- Creation: 1820
Creator
- From the Fonds: Firth, Elizabeth, c1797-1837 (Person)
- From the Fonds: Smith, George Charles Moore, 1858 - 1940 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
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Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk