1. Add MS 89063
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89063
- Title:
- MAJOR JOHN CARTWRIGHT (b. 1740, d. 1824), political reformer: letters to his sister Catherine Cartwright and his nephew Edmund Cartwright.
- Scope & Content:
- Most of the early letters are written from Plymouth and Portsmouth during Cartwright’s naval service. A letter of 23 December 1768 refers to Mikak, an Inuit woman captured by British sailors in Labrador and brought to London. A letter of 6 January 1773 mentions another group of Inuit brought to L...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1758-1795
- Extent:
- ff. xx