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Volume 66

Letters of John Wallace to Madame Whichcot

21 October 2011 by

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LRS-Vol-66
The surviving records of the Whichcots of Harpswell, apart from title deeds and estate papers, include a large number of household vouchers and many family letters. Most of the latter cover a fairly short period between about 1710 and 1730. The small group of letters printed in this volume have been chosen because of the interesting picture they give of household life and also because of the information which they contain about politics and other county affairs.

John Fardel, recipient of the letters in the second part of this volume was Deputy Registrar at Lincoln from 1783 until his sudden death in 1805, twelve days after the last of these letters. The small group of letters published here provide a glimpse of the functioning of one particular ecclesiastical office at the beginning of the nineteenth century and illustrates some long-established characteristics of office-holding in the church.
LRS-Vol-66
Volume 66                   Letters of John Wallace to Madame Whichcot

Editor                          C.M. Lloyd, M.A.

Some Correspondence of John Fardell, Deputy Registrar, 1802-1805

Editor                          Mary E. Finch, M.A., Ph.D.

Date                            For the year ending 31st August 1972

Publication Date         1973

Size                             245 x 150 mm

Language                     English

Printer                         J.W. Ruddock & Sons Ltd.., Lincoln

The following colophon size 17 x 25mm is on the last page.

Note                            On the reverse of the title page: This volume has been produced with the assistance of a grant from the British Academy

Content                       Frontispiece, Black and white drawing of Harpswell Hall in the late Eighteenth Century by J.C. Nattes

Contents, 1 page

Whichcot Letters Introduction, 7 pages

The Letters, 30 pages

Fardell Letters Editor’s Notes, 1 page

Fardell Letters Introduction, 11 pages

The Letters, 15 pages

Index of Persons, Places, and Subjects, 6 pages

Description                 The surviving records of the Whichcots of Harpswell, apart from title deeds and estate papers, include a large number of household vouchers and many family letters. Most of the latter cover a fairly short period between about 1710 and 1730. The small group of letters printed in this volume have been chosen because of the interesting picture they give of household life and also because of the information which they contain about politics and other county affairs.

John Fardel, recipient of the letters in the second part of this volume was Deputy Registrar at Lincoln from 1783 until his sudden death in 1805, twelve days after the last of these letters. The small group of letters published here provide a glimpse of the functioning of one particular ecclesiastical office at the beginning of the nineteenth century and illustrates some long-established characteristics of office-holding in the church.

Adapted from the Introductions.
LRS-Vol-66
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