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Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker
Catalogue reference: 9/28/A/50
What’s it about?
This record is about the Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker dating from 2 Mar 1887.
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Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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9/28/A/50
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Title (The name of the record)
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Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker
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Date (When the record was created)
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2 Mar 1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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Becker had asked Cleminshaw for information respecting their ancestors. Susannah Cleminshaw was the daughter of Elizabeth Wroe (who was married to Edward Stephens). Susannah's sister Mary, married James Duncuft, and their daughter married HL Becker, Lydia's father. She gives a list of her mother's brothers and sisters in the order in which they came. Her grandfather, Thomas Wroe and Duncuft were partners in large cotton mills at West Haughton and were the first in Lancashire to use steam power in their mills. Consequence their mills were burnt down.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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ALC/5301
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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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1 item
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f9899324-60fa-4276-ab18-46f80282307d/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
Within the fonds: 9/28
Autograph Letter Collection: Becker Collection
Within the file: 9/28/A
Letters written by Lydia Becker 1836-1890; Letters written to Lydia Becker 1853-1890;...
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Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker