Lists expenditure for Talbot's travels in Britain and for various items between 1 Dec 1815 and 9 May 1820 when Henry was at Harrow and Cambridge. Includes the expense for a camera lucida on 16 January 1819. Notebook started: 1 Dec 1815. (The title to the front cover, bearing this date, is writt...
Talbot: Notebook ('Books Stationary News Papers 1 Dec 1815')
Scope & Content:
Records stationery, books, newspapers, prints etc. purchased between 1815 and 28 July 1825, partly during travels in Europe. Notebook started: 1 Dec 1815.
Records of miscellaneous expenditure, from 20 April 1815 to 31 July 1825. Includes a loose calling card (for 'The Dowr. Lady Arundell, Miss Arundell'), and a loose sheet of blotting paper on which some figures are written. Notebook started: 20 Apr 1815
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1825
Extent:
1 notebook (30 folios, 51 pages of text), 1 loose sheet (1 folio, 1 page of text)
Talbot: Notebook ('Dress 1 June 1815, 31 May 1816')
Scope & Content:
Records expenditure on clothes etc for different Talbot family members, including Henry Talbot and Lady Elisabeth, from 1 June 1815 to 28 May 1816. Inscribed 'Lady Catherine Tilneylay (?)' on inside front cover. Notebook started: 1 Jun 1815.
The visiting book, partly by Lady Elisabeth, partly by someone else, contains a list of names and addresses as well as a 'List for ball 1825' amongst other guest lists. Back to front (upside down): starts also "Visiting book 1816" but only four pages follow of which two are crossed out.
A printed diary ('The Student's Journal'), inscribed (inside front flyleaf) 'W.H.F. Talbot A.D. 1816'. Contains miscellaneous notes, such as the names of places with latitudes/longitudes, co-ordinates of locations in the north of England, a 'Grecian Chronology', and a list of 'Illustrious Greeks'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 notebook (73 folios, 23 pages of text), with 5 loose sheets