Diary
Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover of Wisbech, LLD, FLS, FRGS (1830-1919)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1856
Materials
Paper
Measurements
3.25 x 4.75 x 0.25 in
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782245.17
Summary
Poole's gentleman's pocket memorandum book by Alexander Peckover, 1856. "Account of monies" for the year. Also 16 pages of listing noted on card - "Poole's 1852 for AP." Inside front paper "I have been a great sinner" - a confession - "I have been a changed creature of late" (Feel's forgiven). Book notations and address lists. Red leather cover. Front flap extends to back and tucks under flap. Sticker "AP, 4, 1855" on front. "Alex Peckover, Wisbech, 1855" inside. Gilt extended pages. Water damage to bottom of pages inside front cover torn from spine. Scuffed. Box 17A
Marks and inscriptions
Front: "AP, 4, 1855" Inside front: "Alex Peckover, Wisbech, 1855"
Makers and roles
Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover of Wisbech, LLD, FLS, FRGS (1830-1919), writer