Watts family corrrespondence

Family correspondence of the Watts family, relatives of Emily Ashton Watts, afterwards the wife of John Morrison Hobson; mainly letters from Canada.

Letters to Rebecca Watts, grandmother of Emily Ashton Watts the wife of John Morrison Hobson (1853-1931), from her daughter-in-law Mary Ann and sons Joseph and John.

Letters from Mary Ann and Joseph to their sister Eliza. 1856-1859 and n.d.

[1 - 13 Letters to Rebecca Watts from her daughter Mary Ann Watts]

1 Manchester, 1 Feb 1856

2 Manchester, 24 Feb 1856

3 Brantford [Ontario], 17 May 1857. Addressed to Ashley Rd., [Bristol]

4 Brantford [Ontario], 18 Nov 1857

5 Brantford [Ontario], 10 Jan 1858

6/1-2 Brantford [Ontario], 2 May 1858. Addressed to Ashley Rd., [Bristol]

7 Brantford [Ontario], 5 Oct 1858

8 Brantford [Ontario], 11 July 1858

9 6 May 1859

10 Hamilton, 27 July 1859

11 Brantford [Ontario], 20 March [?]

12 30 Nov [?]

13 N.d. Written jointly to mother and sister. [1856?]

[14 - 29 Letters to Rebecca Watts, from her son Joseph E. Watts]

14 Hamilton, 19 April 1856

15 Hamilton, 9 June 1856. Written on verso of an engraving, of the "City and county of New York with environs".

16 Hamilton, 28 Sept 1856

17 Brantford [Ontario], 19 April 1857

18 Brantford [Ontario], 9 Aug 1857

19 Brantford [Ontario], 21 March 1858. Addressed to Ashley Rd., Bristol

20 Brantford [Ontario], 4 April 1858

21 Brantford [Ontario], 25 April 1858

22 Brantford [Ontario], 16 May 1858

23 Brantford [Ontario], 26 Sept 1858

24 Brantford [Ontario], 12 Dec 1858. Addressed to Rebecca Watts, Bristol, with a brief note from Mary Ann Watts

25 Brantford [Ontario], 23 Jan 1859

26 Brantford [Ontario], 20 March 1859

27 Brantford [Ontario], 17 April 1859

28 [Hamilton], n.d.

29 [Hamilton?], n.d.

30 Letter to Rebecca Watts from her son John B. Watts. Brantford [Ontario], 2 Feb 1857

31 Letter to Eliza Watts from her brother Joseph E. Watts. Hamilton, 21 June 1855

[32 - 36 Letters to Eliza Watts from her sister-in-law Mary Ann]

32 Broom Terrace, 9 March 1856. Written on headed paper of the undertakers, Joseph and John E. Watts, Ashley Buildings, Ashley Rd., Bristol

33 Broom Terrace, 20 March 1856

34 Brantford [Ontario], 9 March 1857

35/1-2 Brantford [Ontario], 21 June 1857

36 Ilfracombe, n.d.

37 A. Chalacoombe to his aunt. Carlinville, [Illinois], 21-26 Dec 1856, continued in Alton 25 April 1857. Possibly written by a member of the Watts family.

1856-1859

37 items

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).