The private diary : manuscript, 1818-1819.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Margaret.

Contributor:

Lewis, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English diaries--Women authors.

English diaries.

England--Social life and customs--19th century.

England.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Hybrid books.

Diaries.

Manuscripts, English.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Personalia (Isle of Wight), 2008.

Physical Description:

1 volume (75 leaves)

Place of Publication:

1818-1819.

Summary:

Diary of a young woman of Bloomsbury, London, recording events from 12 January 1818 to 18 May 1819. The entries give details of daily life, including teaching younger brothers and a younger sister; reading; trips to museums, exhibitions, and the theater; attending church at Bedford Chapel; and visits and dinners. The last entries for 17-18 May 1819 and a loose page laid in at the end are written by Robert Lewis, Hunter's fiancé (p. 145-146). The diary is written in a commercially produced book titled The private diary : arranged, printed, and ruled, for receiving an account of every day's employment for the space of one year, with an index and appendix (London: Taylor and Hessey). The diary has a printed introduction giving instruction and encouragement to the aspiring diarist (p. v-viii). Hunter used most of the blank pages with the heading Appendix for selected expanded diary entries dating 12 January-10 October 1818 (p. 116-127), then resumed brief entries for 18 January-16 May 1819 in the remaining appendix pages and the pages with the heading Index (p. 128-145).

OCLC:

243622333