Found 3 collections related to Clarke, Edith, 1844-1926

Edward Nicolls, British naval officer. He was the son of General Sir Edward Nicolls, Irish officer of the Royal Marines, and the first husband of Mary Ellen Peacock (later married name Meredith), daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, the writer. · Holograph logbook of the steam ship Proserpine : 17 Sep 1840 - 4 Apr 1841 : (P'ANA 0093) : 1 fascicle (11 pages; 6 leaves) : from Falmouth; Funchal; St. Vincent's; the Equator; Bahia; Angra Pequena; Orange River; Cape Voltas; Duncan's Bay; St. Helen's Bay; Cape of Good Hope; St. Helena : records weather, procurement of goods ("the natives supplied us with 2 bullocks and 3 sheep"; "taking on board 20 Tons coal"); and events ("Clifford, seaman, fell overboard"; "buried Henry Pratt, stoker"). The identity of the writer is not entirely certain, but it may be Nicolls, as he was Proserpine's Second Officer (cf. N. Joukovsky's Letters of T. L. Peacock, v. 2, p. 269). Accompanied by a much later note in the hand of Nicolls's daughter, Edith Clarke, which explains: "1840. [Thomas Love] Peacock was engaged this year in testing the Proserpine, a steam vessel which had been built at his suggestion, he salied from Falmouth on 17th Sept 1840 accompanied by Miss Love, Lieutenant Nicolls on duty, afterwards his son in law, his two daughters were also with him ...". less

Sir Edward Strachey, English religious and philosophical writer. · To [?Edith Clarke], promoter of household science teaching : 1 autograph letter signed to "Dear Madam" : 30 Aug 1892 : (P'ANA 0028) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Sutton Court, Pensford, Bristol (embossed stationery) : begins, "You may have seen my Recollections of the late Mr Peacock in the volume of his Miscellanea just published ...". less

William Bernhard Tegetmeier, English naturalist and journalist. · To Edith Clarke, promoter of household science teaching : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Sep 1879 : (P'ANA 0027) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from The Field, 346, Strand, London, W.C. (printed stationery) : begins, "In looking over my books I found I bought several at the sale of Mr Howes Library, and among them a volume of Gryll Grange having bound up with it a priced catalogue of the sale of your grandfather's library . . . .". less