1. Add MS 71626
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 71626
- Title:
- ANNE (DAWSON) EVANS: one volume of the diary of Anne Dawson (b. 1696, d.aft. 1740), daughter of Rev. Joseph Dawson of Rochdale and afterwards wife of Roger Evans of Manchester; Aug. 1721-Aug. 1722. Chiefly a spiritual diary, closely written in a small neat hand, containing religious reflections, notes of reading, and accounts of Nonconformist preaching; also of an outbreak of smallpox, and a would-be suitor, John Roper, a Durham tradesman of whom her parents disapproved. The diary originally...
- Scope & Content:
- Anne Evans, née Dawson; daughter of Reverend J Dawson; wife of Roger Evans of Manchester: Diaries and Memoranda: Nonconformists: Diary of Anne Dawson: 1721-1722.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Aug 1721-Aug 1722
- Extent:
- 1 item