Letters from Henry Holland to Peter Holland

Title

Letters from Henry Holland to Peter Holland

Shelfmark

MS. 16087/4

Summary

Comprises letters written by Henry Holland to his father, Peter Holland, with a few letters to his [step] mother, Mary (née Whittaker). Some letters bear pencil marks/annotations as if for editing [it is unclear who may have made the edits, whether Henry or possibly Maria Edgeworth (see MS. 16087/2, letter from Saba Holland, 1847), or whether these were made much later] and many have partial typescript transcriptions (c.1962).

Early letters from Newcastle relate to Henry's education with Revd William Turner; those from Glasgow and Edinburgh relate to his time at University. As a society physician in London, Holland liberally regales his father with news of his acquaintances and patients. Arranged chronologically as far as possible, some letters undated (number of letters in square brackets):

1799: Tynemouth/Newcastle [1]

1800: Newcastle [1, plus photocopy]

1801: Newcastle [1]

1802: Newcastle [3]

1803: Newcastle [4, with one typescript transcript]. Letter dated 12 Apr giving detailed account of a visit to a colliery near Benton.

1804: Stoke Newington [1] and Glasgow [1, with typescript transcript]

1805: Glasgow [2, with one typescript transcript]

1806: Glasgow [6, with some typescript transcripts], London [1] and Edinburgh [2]

1807: Edinburgh [7, two incomplete] and London [4]

1808: London [1, giving account of visit to Kent]

1809: Edinburgh [4, one referring to Mrs Apreece and Edgeworthstown] and Dublin [2]

1810: Edinburgh [1]

1812: London [4], Portugal (Cape Fiseraon [1], Lisbon [2, one incomplete], Santarem [2] and Abrantes [1]), Gibraltar [1], Italy (Palermo [2], Messina [2]), Greece ('at sea'/Zante [1], Joannina (meeting Ali Pasha) [1] and Salonichi [Thessalonicki] [1]) *letters very fragile = closed

1813: Greece (Preveza [1] and Zante [1]), at sea (Malta/Palermo) [1] and Lisbon [1]

1814: Rome [1, incomplete, with typescript transcript] and London [1, plus 4 typescript transcripts (originals not extant)]

Date

1799-1814

Language

English

Physical extent

1.0 box (5 folders)