Diary
Eliza Sharples, Mrs Alexander Peckover (1831 - 1862)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1853
Materials
Paper
Measurements
3.5 x 4.75 x 0.5 in
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782245.15
Summary
The ladies annual diary and almanack book by Eliza Sharples, 1853. Daily diary and weekly cash accounts. Noted she weighed 96 pounds, that their library had 1821 volumes of interest. March 29 - taught school alone for "hour or two", to children. July 8 and 9 - visit to Wisbech "WM Peckover's" and then at Algernon Peckover's, some of his family took Margaret and me to see the museum." Black leather cover, stickers on front "ES, 13, 1853" and "1853". "Eliza Sharples" on title page. Gilt page edges. Pages loose from spine in two major breaks. Worn. Box 17A CSAS: Eliza 1b
Marks and inscriptions
Front: "ES, 13, 1853" AND "1853" Title page: "Eliza Sharples"
Makers and roles
Eliza Sharples, Mrs Alexander Peckover (1831 - 1862), writer