Letters on various subjects written at school by Fanny Oates, Midsummer 1853

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 100
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1853
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (12 ff.) Fol.1 is blank. There is no foliation or pagination. The majority of the letters are in copperplate handwriting, some in a smaller hand. Paper covers, with gilt design. A letter from George Chester to Dr R. Offor is inserted on the fly-leaf

Scope and Content

Six school exercises, four of them in the form of letters addressed to members of her family on the following subjects: (1) Discovery of America; (3) Mount Carmel; (5) On the invention of the art of printing; (6) The fig tree. Items (2) and (4) are headed Christian Meditation and Fragments

Administrative / Biographical History

Fanny Oates of Leeds was a member of the same family as the mother of Captain Oates who took part in Scott's expedition to the South Pole

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Miss M. Wilson, 1946

Note

In English

Personal Names

Oates Fanny