Pages from Sophia Macnamara Hawes' diary describing a trip to Liverpool and Manchester including visits to manufacturers
Object number2017.00024
TitlePages from Sophia Macnamara Hawes' diary describing a trip to Liverpool and Manchester including visits to manufacturers
Creator Sophia Macnamara (Lady) Hawes (author)
Description9 pages from a diary written by Sophia Macnamara Hawes (nee Brunel) describing a journey to Manchester and Liverpool, including detailed descriptions of textile production. She details visits to silk mills and the production of silk, silk damask, and cotton. The pages also describes a visit to the St. Helen's glass works and the polishing of plates of glass by female workers. Sophia may have undertaken this trip
Pages have been torn from a diary or notebook and are unevenly ripped along the left hand edge. Pages appear to be non-consecutive and some are missing. The pages are watermarked "Hall 1829".
Pages are accessioned individually.
Transcript available.
Production date 1838 - 1839
Production period19th century
Object namediary extract
Object categorydocument
Materialpaper
Credit linePurchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Friends of the National Libraries and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund