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Letters from Isabella Strutt (nee Douglas) (his wife)
Catalogue reference: MS3101/C/E/5/16
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the Letters from Isabella Strutt (nee Douglas) (his wife) dating from 1787-1802.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MS3101/C/E/5/16
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letters from Isabella Strutt (nee Douglas) (his wife)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1787-1802
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Description (What the record is about)
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The majority of these letters were written by Isabella Douglas before her marriage to Joseph Strutt and the content illustrates her affection for him and her constant desire to see him. They also contain information about members of her family, particularly about the career plans of her brother, William Archibald Douglas, and about her leisure interests, particularly her fondness for reading. Letters written after her marriage are also characterised by the expression of her obvious affection for her husband, but also discuss her frequently poor health, and give details about the health of their children, social activities and domestic matters. Several of these letters were written during Joseph Strutt's absence in London in the autumn of 1794, when he gave evidence at a the trial of John Home Tooke. Joseph Strutt's courtship correspondence to Isabella Douglas can be found at MS3101/C/E/4/8
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Old finding no: Galton 483
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Letters dating from before the marriage of Joseph Strutt and Isabella Douglas have been numbered on the address panel from 2 to 21. There are several gaps in this numbered sequence, including number 1, numbers 3 to 6, and numbers 8 to 12. A note on letter number 2 indicates that the first letter in the sequence was destroyed.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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25 items
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d6ff641a-1114-4fbc-b3ec-4d2906001aa3/
Series information
MS3101/C
Correspondence
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Within the fonds: MS3101
Galton Papers
Within the series: MS3101/C
Correspondence
Within the sub-series: MS3101/C/E
Letters to the Strutt family
Within the sub-sub-series: MS3101/C/E/5
Letters to Joseph Strutt
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Letters from Isabella Strutt (nee Douglas) (his wife)