Reference
X67/847
Title
Diary entitled "Sundry memorandums by way of journal wrote by my late dear wife Elizabeth Wheeler formerly Elizabeth Brown" deals mainly with home life, helping brother and sister in the shop, walks and Society of Friends meetings, but also of literature for example the history of Alexander the Great and the war with the Americas.
Date free text
20 Dec 1778 - 3July 1791
Production date
From: 1778 To: 1791
Scope and Content
The text is written out by Joshua Wheeler and is occasionally annotated with remarks including 'On the 18th of 5th mo 1781 we were united in marriage soon after which it pleas'd the allwise disposer of events to visit her with much weakness & indisposition of body on which account she took two journeys to Dover being recommended so to do under a hope that sea air & bathing might be a means of recoving her health - the following remarks were made during her second visit to that place.'
Exent
44, No. of pieces: 1
manuscript
Format
single section pamphlet
Published microfilm available in searchroom MIC 302.
Published as a microfilm by academic publishers Adam Matthew.
Level of description
item