- Creator
- Hartland, Nathaniel, 1791-1866
- Call number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Hartland)
- Physical description
- 1 volume (163 manuscript pages, 87 total leaves)
- Preferred Citation
- Hartland family account book, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
Nathaniel Hartland, originally of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, was a Quaker banker. In 1825 he was a widower with a young son, Alfred Harford (1817-1886), when he married Eliza Dixon (1802-1877) in Worcester. The Hartlands lived in Evesham, and the following decade saw the births of four children: Theresa Gales (1827-1907), Frederick Dixon (1830, died infant), Frederick Dixon (1832-1909), and Emily Rosa (1835-1924). By 1840, the family moved to The Oaklands, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Vellum-bound ruled ledger book recording the household expenses of the Hartland family in Evesham, Worcestershire, England between 1825 and 1836. Includes payments for housekeepers, food, wine and spirits, children's tuition, charity, gifts, travel expenses, artwork, house improvements, and many other goods and services. Almost certainly in the hand of Nathaniel Hartland. With the printed paper bookplate of The Hartland Library ("presented by Mrs. A. G. Hartland, Hardwick Court, Chepstow, 1936"), The County Library, Berkeley House, Gloucester. With 20th century library stamp of Gloucestershire County Library.
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Names
- Hartland, A. G. (Amy Georgina), 1861-1945 (former owner)
- Gloucestershire County Library (former owner)
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Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319