The collection consists of two diaries documenting private thoughts and daily life and a volume containing household accounts written by Isabella Martha Willis (nee Wale).
Diaries of Isabella Martha Willis
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- ReferenceGB 150 MS278
- Dates of Creation1859 - 1875
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description3 volumes
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Administrative / Biographical History
Isabella Martha Wale (1809-1893) was daughter of General Sir Charles Wale (1765-1845), KCB and Isabella Johnson, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Johnson of Stockton-on-Tees. She was born at Oundle, Northamptonshire and married Sherlock Willis (1794-1873) in 1834 and lived with him in Swindon in the 1850s, they went on to have eight children.
Source: http://www.robalsmith.id.au/dbase/p190.htm#i11130 Accessed: 8/2/2008
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