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Collapse D4734 - Howitt Family of Heanor and Nottingham - c1650-1986D4734 - Howitt Family of Heanor and Nottingham - c1650-1986
Expand 1 - Thomas Howitt (1763-1848)1 - Thomas Howitt (1763-1848)
Collapse 2 - Phebe Howitt née Tantum (1759-1840)2 - Phebe Howitt née Tantum (1759-1840)
Collapse 1 - Letters to Phebe Howitt from her son Thomas - 1802-18221 - Letters to Phebe Howitt from her son Thomas - 1802-1822
2 - Letter to Phebe Howitt from her son [William] (signature cut out) asking for books and malt, references to wife Mary, reprinting in America - 11 Dec 1833
3 - Letter to Phebe Howitt from her son Richard at Nottingham including references to William and Mary's judgement of his conduct, difficulties of judging by looks rather than facts - 11 Aug 1827
4 - Letter to Phebe Howitt from her son Godfrey at Leicester via William hoping to meet in Nottingham or Leicester - 20 Jan 1826
5 - Address to young Friends returning from outing, perhaps written by William Howitt, inscribed Phebe, with note - 20 Sep 1815
6 - Phebe Howitt's recipe book including cookery and medicinal recipes - 1818
7 - Elegy on murder of Francis Tantum in 1795 Life's a short summer man a flower ... (copied by Phebe Howitt, his sister, in 1839 aged 86/87) - 1839
8 - Copy letter from Henry Hull to son on deaths in family and religious consolation, initialled PH - [early 19th cent?]
9 - Poem: To a Rose-Tree Blooming in November: Life's a short summer man a flower (?by SL) - [early 19th cent?]
10 - Bill for work done - 1802-1803
11 - Photographs of silhouette of Phebe with maid and dog
Expand 3 - Thomas Howitt junior (1789-1823)3 - Thomas Howitt junior (1789-1823)
Expand 4 - Emanuel Howitt (1791-1857)4 - Emanuel Howitt (1791-1857)
Expand 5 - William Howitt (1792-1879)5 - William Howitt (1792-1879)
Expand 6 - Francis Tantum Howitt (1796-1879)6 - Francis Tantum Howitt (1796-1879)
Expand 7 - Ann Howitt (née Bowman) (d.1847)7 - Ann Howitt (née Bowman) (d.1847)
Expand 8 - Maria Howitt (née Burtt) (d.1895)8 - Maria Howitt (née Burtt) (d.1895)
Expand 9 - Richard Howitt (1799-1869)9 - Richard Howitt (1799-1869)
Expand 10 - Dr Francis (Frank) Howitt (1836-1897)10 - Dr Francis (Frank) Howitt (1836-1897)
Expand 11 - Ann Howitt (née Adlington) (1836-1908)11 - Ann Howitt (née Adlington) (1836-1908)
Expand 12 - William Adlington Howitt (1871-1957)12 - William Adlington Howitt (1871-1957)
Expand 13 - Caroline Gillett née Howitt (1868-1953)13 - Caroline Gillett née Howitt (1868-1953)
Expand 14 - George Adlington Howitt (1876-1963)14 - George Adlington Howitt (1876-1963)
Expand 15 - Alfred Bakewell Howitt (1879-1954)15 - Alfred Bakewell Howitt (1879-1954)
Expand 16 - Family papers16 - Family papers
Expand 17 - Property17 - Property
Expand 18 - Quakers (Society of Friends)18 - Quakers (Society of Friends)
Expand 19 - Miscellaneous19 - Miscellaneous
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