- Creator
- Armytage, Lady (Mary), 1773-1834
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- Pforz Ms
- Physical description
- 1 item
- Preferred Citation
- Mary, Lady Armytage manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
Mary Armytage, née Bowles, second wife of Sir George Armytage, 4th Baronet of Kirklees. · Holograph account book : 5 Dec 1791-23 Jul 1796 : (MISC 4308) : 1 volume (20 leaves) : signed "Mary Armytage" on the inside front paste-paper cover; records income and expenditures beginning with the date of her marriage to Sir George Armytage ("Received of Papa the day before my marriage £5.5.0"). Throughout the volume, the versos record income and the opposite rectos record payments. Most of the income is "Rec.d of Sir George," with the occasional money "won at cards." The expenditures include money she "Gave at the Sacrament"; "Gave a man for finding my Bracelet"; "Lost at Cards"; used to pay people, including the maidservant and the nanny; and used to buy various goods, including tooth picks, handkerchiefs, and clothing.
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
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