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Burke-Haviland Family Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 474

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.

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

Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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