Diary
Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover of Wisbech, LLD, FLS, FRGS (1830-1919)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1851
Materials
Paper
Measurements
3.25 x 4.75 x 0.25 in
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782245.12
Summary
The Sovereign for diary yearbook by Eliza Sharples, 1851. Occasional diary entries and weekly accounts of interest: cash total page (643.1.8 for the year), Feb 10 "busy chequing of at night 17 & 18 do lines of Homer", Feb 22 "finished first book of Homer". Red leather cover. Front flap extends to back and tucks under flap, sticker "AP,2,1851" on front, "Alexander Peckover, Wisbech, 4th 11th mo 1850," inside gilded pages. Front cover torn from spine inside, scuffed and dirty. Box 17A
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Sticker "AP,2,1851" Inside front: "Alexander Peckover Wisbech, 4th, 11th mo 1850"
Makers and roles
Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover of Wisbech, LLD, FLS, FRGS (1830-1919), writer