Diary : manuscript.

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Title: Diary : manuscript.
Creator: Ford, Francis, Sir, 1758-1801.
Contributor: Ford, Francis,--Sir,--1758-1801.
Published / Created: 1790
Publication Place: Barbados,
Abstract: Autograph diary containing brief entries for most days of the year 1790. Subjects include Ford's daily activities; the weather; travel to and from Bridgetown; church services; social events with other planters; the arrival and departure of the packet boats from England; and purchases and other financial transactions.
Description: Annotations on blank leaves in the printed almanac section of the volume concern weather; social appointments; and ship arrivals and departures.
Bound with and inscribed in Perch's pocket almanac, calculated by Mr. Thomas Donohue....Barbados: Printed by Tho. Wtt. Perch, MDCCXC [1790].
Entries made from both front and back of volume.
Purchased from Ken Spelman, Ltd. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2011.
Sir Francis Ford (1758-1801) was the only son of the Barbados planter Francis Ford of Lears (1717-1772). He was educated at Lincoln's Inn and St. John's College, Cambridge, and married Mary Anson, daughter of George Anson (1731-1789) in 1785.. Created baronet in 1793, Ford was MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1793-1796. He died in Barbados in 1801 and left his estate to his son, Francis Ford (1787-1839).
Extent: 1 volume ; 15 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

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Citation: Sir Francis Ford, Diary. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.