Diary
Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover of Wisbech, LLD, FLS, FRGS (1830-1919)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1872
Materials
Paper
Measurements
3.25 x 4.75 x 0.25 in
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782245.25
Summary
Poole's gentleman pocket memorandum yearbook by Alexander Peckover, 1872. "Account of monies" for the year, several misc. Newspaper cuttings, address lists, book notations on end pages, also wages list. Back end page: "from numbers aid and art, never will frame depart" (found in several of his diairies). Also inside cover flap blue sheet with rough draft of thank you letter to Mrs (Miss?) T.T for contribution to hospital. Re leather cover, front flap extends to back and tucks under flap. Sticker "AP, 11, 1872" on front. "Alex Peckover, Wisbech, 4 Jan 1872" on inside. Gilt edged pages. Scuffed but in good condition. Box 17B
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Sticker "AP, 11, 1872" Inside front: "Alex Peckover, Wisbech, 4 Jan 1872"
Makers and roles
Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover of Wisbech, LLD, FLS, FRGS (1830-1919), writer