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Image Number: 
HAM_1_13_16.pdf
Reference Number: 
HAM/1/13/16
Link to Catalogue: 
Series Title: 
Correspondence from Richard Glover and Family
Parent Work Title: 
Letter from Mrs Eleanor Glover to Mary Hamilton
Creator: 
Glover, Eleanor
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1783-09-19 and c1784
Description: 
Letter from Mrs Eleanor Glover to Mary Hamilton, conveying general news. Glover has been the 'happiest of all beings' since the return of Mr Glover from Bath in good health. He is also in good spirits and seems pleased with everything. Since his return he has been gardening and working on a piece of barren ground and Glover details the improvements to it that her husband is planning. Glover also writes of the visitors that they have had and with news of Sir William Wake who is ill but cannot be persuaded to visit Bath or Buxton. Inside the letter is a newspaper cutting showing an image of Lunardi's balloon and dated 15 September 1784 with a second image taken from the Gardner Collection of an old drawing of the Horse Sale at Smithfield Market. Dated at Sunning Hill.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language: 
English
Subject: 
Ballooning--Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Great Britain--Social life and customs
Subject: 
Letters
Subject: 
Markets
Category of Material: 
Archives
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Sub-Category: 
Newspapers
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Printing (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
18th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Bath and Northeast Somerset: Bath
Places Covered: 
England: Derbyshire: Buxton
Places Covered: 
England: Greater London: London
People Covered: 
Glover, Richard, 1712-1785
People Covered: 
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806
Item Height: 
235 mm
Item Width: 
195 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2019-05-01
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2019-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Mary Hamilton Papers