Item MFP/5/5/4 - Letter from John Pearson, London, to Mrs Munby at York

Identity area

Reference code

MFP/5/5/4

Title

Letter from John Pearson, London, to Mrs Munby at York

Date(s)

  • 18 September 1816 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 item

Context area

Name of creator

(c1750 - 1960s)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letter summary:
Consoling Mrs Munby – references to God and quotations from the Bible.
He cannot compare schools in the South of England which are more expensive than those in the North. He has two boys at school, £60 per annum, (comparatively low) and another at an Academy, £200 p.a..
His eldest surviving daughter, Sarah Anne has married a Mr George Bakington, son of Mr Bakington, M.P. of Leicester.
He writes of the loss of a son age nine years. He has six remaining sons and two daughters.
He also maintains a daughter of his brother Thomas .

[Summary provided by a volunteer.]

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

Conditions governing reproduction

Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Finding aids

    Generated finding aid

    Allied materials area

    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Related descriptions

    Notes area

    Alternative identifier(s)

    Legacy reference

    Acc 54.196

    Former reference

    MFP/10/4

    Access points

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Name access points

    Genre access points

    Description control area

    Accession area