Diary
Eliza Sharples, Mrs Alexander Peckover (1831 - 1862)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1846
Materials
Paper
Measurements
3.25 x 4.75 x 0.25 in
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782245.6
Summary
The ladies annual diary yearbook by Eliza Sharples, 1846. Daily entries. January "prayer" is nice, April 25th (saw wild animal show), August 15th ("took papa to show him the 'p.t' where John Wesley preached to people many years ago"). Maroon leather cover, gilded page edges, front flap extends to back and tucks under flap. "Eliza Sharples" on fly leaf (card and envelope with note inside - what are they?) Dried flowers throughout - pages warped. "1846" sticker and "E, 7, 1846" on front. Fair condition - spine loose from pages. Box 17A
Marks and inscriptions
Front flap: "Eliza Sharples" Front: Sticker "1846" and "ES, 7, 1846"
Makers and roles
Eliza Sharples, Mrs Alexander Peckover (1831 - 1862), writer