Benjamin Flower Papers,

Personal correspondence of the writer Benjamin Flower, 1794-1808, mainly between Benjamin and his wife Eliza Gould. Most of the letters are very personal. Many of them deal with an obsessive concern for one another's health and welfare, and contain lengthy accounts of domestic trivia.

Benjamin Flower (1755-1829) was a writer and printer who travelled widely in Europe and spent six months in France in 1791. He was appointed editor of the influential provincial newspaper The Cambridge Intelligencer, which had liberal views. In 1799, he was summoned before the House of Lords for libelling Bishop Watson of Llandaff, whose political conduct he had censured. He was imprisoned in Newgate. He married Eliza Gould (d.1810) in 1800, and they had two daughters, Eliza (1803-1846) and Sarah (1805-1848). Later, he became a printer in Harlow.

Arranged as NLW MS 13,587F where the letters are to be found in chronological order.

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Bequeathed by George Eyre Evans, in 1940.

Benjamin Flower (1755-1829) was a writer and printer who travelled widely in Europe and spent six months in France in 1791. He was appointed editor of the influential provincial newspaper The Cambridge Intelligencer, which had liberal views. In 1799, he was summoned before the House of Lords for libelling Bishop Watson of Llandaff, whose political conduct he had censured. He was imprisoned in Newgate. He married Eliza Gould (d.1810) in 1800, and they had two daughters, Eliza (1803-1846) and Sarah (1805-1848). Later, he became a printer in Harlow.

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February 2003

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Benjamin Flower Papers, 1980.

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