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Collapse D6232 - Gisborne, Nixon and Sorocold families of Derby - [17th-20th cent]

D6232 - Gisborne, Nixon and Sorocold families of Derby - [17th-20th cent]

Expand 1 - Correspondence of the Gisborne family of Derby - 1776-1844

1 - Correspondence of the Gisborne family of Derby - 1776-1844

Expand 2 - Undated letters from the Gisborne family - 1776-1844

2 - Undated letters from the Gisborne family - 1776-1844

3 - Nixon family letters - [early 19th cent]

4 - Degree and letters of ordination, presented to Rev. Henry Nixon (d. 1835) - 1832-1834

Collapse 5 - Miscellaneous letters and papers - 1758-1836

5 - Miscellaneous letters and papers - 1758-1836

1 - Note by Anne Gisborne (nee Bateman) about the death of husband in 1779, and their marriage in 1758 - [c.1779]

2 - Letter from M Earle, Leghorn, to Anne Bateman (later Gisborne): detailed description of Leghorn; meeting with Lord and Lady Orrery to whom Mr Earle is banker; the Lord esteemed on account of his writings; custom of engaging cicisbeo; local fashions and social mores; card playing; opera; constraints on Italian women compared to the English, etc, 25 Nov - 1754

3 - Letter from diplomat Alleyne FitzHerbert, Brussels, to Sir William Hamilton, reporting on General Howe's defeat of the American rebels at Philadelphia, 9 Dec - 1777

4 - Letter from Mrs Anne Bateman to John Gisborne on his engagement to her daughter Anne, 15 Sep - 1757

5 - Letter - Charles P Myddelton, Calthorpe St', London to 'My Lord' on business, 30 Nov - 1837

6 - John & William Whittaker to Rev Henry Nixon, 12 May 1834 - 1834

7 - Letter to Mrs Nixon, 30 Jan 1836 - 1836

8-18 - Letters from ?Bishop on church matters - [1830s]

19 - Poem: 'On receipt of my mother's picture out of Norfolk, the gift of my cousin Ann Bodham' - [early 19th cent]

6 - Draft pedigrees and notes on Gisborne family by F Williamson - [20th cent]

7 - Notes relating the Sorocold family of Derby, 17th cent onwards - [20th cent]

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

National Coal Board

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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