Burke-Haviland Family Documents
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to some members of the family of Edmund Burke, politician and author.
The collection consists of nineteen documents, mostly letters, relating to some members of the family of the eighteenth century politician and author Edmund Burke. In particular, the documents relate to Burke’s older sister Juliana, later Mrs. Patrick French, and her daughter Mary, later Mrs. Haviland. The letters date from 1762 to 1832, but there is also an explanatory note dated 2017 included within the collection.
For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.
Dates
- Creation: c1762 - 2017
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Biographical / Historical
Family of Edmund Burke, Irish politician and author (1729 - 1797). Includes Burke's older sister, Juliana later Mrs Patrick French, and her daughter Mary C French who married Captain Haviland.
Extent
1 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
As received
Custodial History
Donated in 2018 by a descendant of the Haviland family.
Topical
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
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Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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