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1. Diary of a winter in Bath, 1796-1797.
- Call Number:
- Osborn c446
- Image Count:
- 127
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- 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., and Tipped in: ALS from Ceuta Thompson to Walter C. Pepys; Conway, 1907 Sep 7.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England)--Amusements, Bath (England)--Description and travel, and Bath (England)--Social life and customs
- Subject (Topic):
- Travelers' writings, English and Women travelers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a winter in Bath, 1796-1797.
