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Letters to Mrs Hudleston and to AFH concerning Mr Knott's alleged claim to Miss Knott's...

Catalogue reference: D HUD 15/14

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This record is a file about the Letters to Mrs Hudleston and to AFH concerning Mr Knott's alleged claim to Miss Knott's... dating from 1815 - 1835.

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Reference

D HUD 15/14

Title

Letters to Mrs Hudleston and to AFH concerning Mr Knott's alleged claim to Miss Knott's "loan"

Date

1815 - 1835

Description

Includes the original correspondence at the time of the gift, 1815; Mr Knott's claims, 1829 onwards; Mrs Hudleston's request for advice from Mr N Brougham, and his opinion in reply, 1829; evidence of Cousin Andrew, and of Mr and Mrs Atherley, 1834. References to "Mr Fleming's award", 1834.

This bundle also includes:

Expenses (itemised) of AFH's equipment and passage to India, on first going out (cost £585. 3s. 0d.; Miss Knott's gift of £500 was towards its defraying).

Notes on payments due on bond to Miss Knott, 1816-19.

Sketch of a fort on a river or sea; palm trees, boats, mountains; doodle of a man's head; at head of sheet, a list of books; [drawn and written by AFH], n.d. (w/m 1831)

Letter from Cousin Andrew - awaiting AFH's gig and luggage; will postpone re the inscription till we meet, Whitehaven, [1834]

Letter from Peter Huddleston, 1 New Square, Lincoln's Inn - apologies for opening letter left by mistake by postman, 1833

Held by
Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
Language

English

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ffdb895c-10ef-4516-9f6b-c286d980691c/

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Letters to Mrs Hudleston and to AFH concerning Mr Knott's alleged claim to Miss Knott's "loan"