Diary of a winter in Bath, 1796-1797.

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Description

Title: Diary of a winter in Bath, 1796-1797.
Abstract: Holograph diary written by a young Irish woman during her stay at Bath in the fall and winter of 1796-97. She describes visits to the Pump Room and the New Room; concerts at the Harmonic Society, balls, walks on the Promenade and drives in the countryside; flirtations, suitors and gossip; and sightings of celebrities, including Mrs. Fitzherbert, the Prince of Wurtemburg, and Lady Sydney. Second volume contains a transcription of the first made by Walter C. Pepys in 1906.
Description: Laid in: TLS from Emily Driscoll to James Marshall Osborn, 1954 May 21, accompanied by a typescript describing the diary.
The unnamed diarist later married William Lecky, an M.P. from County Donegal.
Tipped in: ALS from Ceuta Thompson to Walter C. Pepys; Conway, 1907 Sep 7.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Diaries
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Bath (England)--Amusements
Bath (England)--Description and travel
Bath (England)--Social life and customs
Subject (Topic): Travelers' writings, English
Women travelers

Access: Public
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Citation: Diary of a Winter in Bath, 1796-1797. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.