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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]
Collapse 1 - Correspondence of the Gisborne family of Derby - 1776-18441 - Correspondence of the Gisborne family of Derby - 1776-1844
1 - Letter from John Gisborne (1770-1851) aged 6 to his father, 15 Jun - 1776
2 - Letter to John Gisborne (1770-1851) from his mother Anne nee Bateman (1731-1800), 31 Jan - 1786
3 - Letter from J Pickering, Mackworth, to John Gisborne (1770-1851) concerning the play, Henry IV pt 1 to be acted at ?Mercaston,5 Jan - 1787
4 - Letter from Mrs A Gisborne, Sandy Brook, to Mrs Chattock: ' most beloved grandchild died last night', with description of autopsy, 26 Jun - 1794
5 - Letter from [M Hartley to Mrs Millicent Gisborne] : detailed comments on reading 'Pleasures of Memory'; comments on 'your brother and Dr Darwin' [Erasmus Darwin]; slave trade, etc. - 12 Sep 1799
6 - M Hartley, Belvedere [to Millicent Gisborne] Writer's brother's recovery; 'bad effect of Ratafie biskets'; nephew well; death of Lord Andover in shooting accident at Holkham, Norfolk; references to Mrs Wilmot and Miss Bateman, 19 Jan - 1800
7-8 - Notes [by John Gisborne, 1770-1851], Hollybush [Newborough] of anniversaries of death of his mother, Anne (nee Bateman) - 1801-1802
9 - Letter from [? M Hartley], Weymouth to John Gisborne, Hollybush, describing cross-country journey; night funeral at Ross on Wye [Herefordshire]; sketching at Monmouth, also refers to Mrs Wilmot, Miss Bateman,etc, 15 Nov - 1802
10 - Letter to John Gisborne from 'Aunt Sutton', 9 Mar - 1805
11 - Letter to John Gisborne from Jn Spray, Cambridge; thanks for parcel for son Samuel; deaths of 3 sons of writer, 15 Aug - 1805
12 - Note [ by John Gisborne] on the anniversary of his marriage - 1808
13 - Letter to John Gisborne, Orgreave, from clergyman friend, Waterbeach, describing parish life, schoolroom finished, etc, 31 Jan - 1814
14 - Letter from Frederic Gisborne, Aspenden Hall, to his mother, Millicent, regarding his health 28 Mar - 1815
15 - Letter from Frederic Gisborne, Aspenden Hall, to his mother, Millicent, regarding his health 8 Mar - 1816
16 - Letter from Frederic Gisborne, Aspenden Hall, to his father John Gisborne from St John's College, Cambridge University is 'labyrinth of temptation', 16 Oct 1816 - 1816-1818
17-19 - Letters to Millicent Gisborne, Blackpool, from her husband John Gisborne, chiefly on son Frederic's declining health, including a reference to his treatment with opium (13 Feb 1818) - 1818
20-21 - Letters of condolence on death of Frederic Gisborne - 1818
22 - Bill for funeral expenses, mourning clothes, bell ringing etc [for Frederic Gisborne] - 1818
23 - Report on committee into a place of worship in Blackpool, with note of thanks to John Gisborne - 1818
24 - Letter to John Gisborne of condolences from Margaret Poole, 14 Apr - 1818
25 - Letter from John Gisborne, Darley, to his son, Charles: writer suffering from erysipelas [a local feverish disease accompanied by diffused inflammation of the skin], 12 Sep - 1821
26 - Letter from Emma to father, John Gisborne - 1821
27 - Letter to Charles from father, John Gisborne, 3 Nov 1831 - 1831
28 - Letter of thanks for poem to Jn Gisborne from Mr Lawrence, Gloucester Place, 5 Feb - 1833
29 - Letter of thanks for poem to John Gisborne from C Simeon, King's College, Cambridge - 11 Apr 1833
30 - Letter of thanks for poem to John Gisborne from Robert Birch of Sawtry Rectory, 20 Jul - 1839
31 - Letter of thanks for poem to John Gisborne from H Salvin, Alston, 13 Nov - 1843
32 - ' Copy of my letter to Thos ? Harnham' by John Gisborne, 16 Nov - 1844
Expand 2 - Undated letters from the Gisborne family - 1776-18442 - 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
Expand 5 - Miscellaneous letters and papers - 1758-18365 - Miscellaneous letters and papers - 1758-1836
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]
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