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- 1826-1828 (Creation)
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1 A box
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Biographical history
Miss Elizabeth Dowse (fl 1824-1828) set off in Sep 1826 to spend a winter at Nice with a friend sent there for the 'recovery of her health'. She appears to have travelled with a Mrs Athersole and the latter's niece, Miss Nevill. While presumably based in the South of France for two years, Miss Dowse travelled at various times in Switzerland and Italy. On 21 Sep 1828, the steam packet George IV brought her 'once more to old England'. The following day she states that she was 'at home at my father's after an absence of four years'. She must have been living in France 1824-1828.
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The journal was bought at either a car boot or jumble sale and handed to one of the Friends of Lancashire Record Office, she in turn deposited it with The Fawcett Library.
GB 106 7EDO 1826-1828 fonds 1 A box Dowse , Elizabeth , fl 1824-1828 , traveller
Miss Elizabeth Dowse (fl 1824-1828) set off in Sep 1826 to spend a winter at Nice with a friend sent there for the 'recovery of her health'. She appears to have travelled with a Mrs Athersole and the latter's niece, Miss Nevill. While presumably based in the South of France for two years, Miss Dowse travelled at various times in Switzerland and Italy. On 21 Sep 1828, the steam packet George IV brought her 'once more to old England'. The following day she states that she was 'at home at my father's after an absence of four years'. She must have been living in France 1824-1828.
The journal was bought at either a car boot or jumble sale and handed to one of the Friends of Lancashire Record Office, she in turn deposited it with The Fawcett Library.
Transferred from Lancashire Record Office in 1998. Previous reference TD 470.
The archive consists of a manuscript journal of a tour of Europe, 1826-1828.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
English
The 19th century handwriting in the notebook is hard for a non-expert to read. The text may have been transcribed, as odd words have been written in, in pencil.
Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
14/02/2008 Dowse , Elizabeth , fl 1824 , traveller Women Communication process Communication skills Writing Travel Travel abroad France Western Europe Europe Sex Sex distribution
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from Lancashire Record Office in 1998. Previous reference TD 470.
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The archive consists of a manuscript journal of a tour of Europe, 1826-1828.
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This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English