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Pforz Ms; Pforz MS
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13 items
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Thirteen manuscript legal documents relating to the estate and property of Anne Lister and her family, 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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The Lister family was one of the chief landowning families of Halifax, England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Anne Lister, best known for her coded diaries, moved in 1815 to Shibden Hall in West Yorkshire to live with her aunt and uncle. From 1834, she lived there with her lover, Ann Walker. Upon her death in 1840, Lister left Walker a lifetime interest in Shibden Hall; years later Walker was forcibly removed after being deemed insane. After Walker's death the estate passed to Lister's cousin, John Lister, who later served as the first national treasurer of the Independent Labour Party. · Last will and testament of Anne Lister : 9 May 1836 : (MISC 4150a) : including three codicils; ink on 5 folded sheets of parchment, along with printed probate form, filled out in ink.

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· Last will and testament of Anne Lister : 9 May 1836 : (MISC 4150a) : including three codicils; ink on 5 folded sheets of parchment, along with printed probate form, filled out in ink.

· Surrender document relating to James Lister of Shibden Hall : 30 Nov 1764 : (MISC 4150b) : also mentioning a Samuel Lister; ink on folded sheet of parchment.

· Document relating to Jeremy Lister and land at Hipperholme : 27 Feb 1767 : (MISC 4150c) : ink on folded sheet of parchment; encloses itemized bill, signed "Marshall," to "Jeremiah Lister," for legal fees.

· Lease indenture between John Carr and Anne Lister : 6 Jul 1826 : (MISC 4150d) : ink on folded sheet of parchment.

· Conveyance of property in Northowram from John Carr and others to Anne Lister : 7 Jul 1826 : (MISC 4150e) : property comprises three closes and a road; ink on three folded sheets of parchment.

· Deed of covenants from Hannah Hammerton and others to Anne Lister : 2 Jan 1835 : (MISC 4150f) : to a surrender and for the title of a copyhold estate in Northowram; on 8 folded sheets of parchment.

· Admittance, from Hannah Hammerton to Anne Lister : 13 Feb 1835 : (MISC 4150g) : ink on folded sheet of parchment.

· Admittance, from Anne Lister to Jane and Ann Preston : 12 May 1837 : (MISC 4150h) : ink on folded sheet of parchment.

· Copy of affidavit of Samuel Washington : 18 Dec 1849 : (MISC 4150i) : in support of facts "in the matter of Ann Walker spinster of unsound mind" under the Lunacy Acts; ink on sewn paper fascicle, 3 leaves.

· Conveyance of the estates of Anne Lister to new trustees : 5 Jun 1854 : (MISC 4150j) : to William Gray, Robert Parker, and John Rawson; ink on folded sheet of parchment.

· Court paper regarding the administration of Ann Walker's estate under the Lunacy Acts : 3 Oct 1855 : (MISC 4150k) : ink on sewn paper fascicle, 7 leaves.

· Mortgage for securing £3000 of land at Southowram by John Lister : 1 Aug 1877 : (MISC 4150L) : ink on two folded sheets of parchment.

· Reconveyance of Oak End Farm and other land at Southowram to John Lister : 3 Dec 1886 : (MISC 4150m) : ink on folded sheet of parchment, with very large red wax seal.

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Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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