ID1424
CollectionHandlists/Portfolio
ReferencePortfolio 34-35
DescriptionWright Letters, O to X, 1795-1862.

The Wright family of Waterford and Dublin, merchants and linen drapers, were related to the Gatchells of Waterford. There are a considerable number of letters relating to the winding up of the firm of Gatchell-Walpole, glass manufacturers of that city, 1835-1836.

O Miscellaneous papers, unsorted.

I Occupiers premises Skinner Row, 1795.
Mary Tudor, a true story of Old Skinner Row, by F T Porter, M A
Letters etc. re winding up of the estate of Nathan Gatchell and Gatchell and Walpole glass manufacturers of Waterford, 1835-1838
Personal Letters of the Wright Family, 1812
Marriage Certificate of Nehemah and Susanna Barnes, 1803.

II Eight copies of letters of Jonathan Gatchell, 1800-1825.

VII Scrappy diary kept between 1832 and 1835, possibly by the wife of Jonathan Wright. Ends 31 July 1835 'Left the Glass Shop'.

IX 30 letters from Thomas and Elizabeth (Walpole) Knott of Exeter, 1831-1837. Most refer to the winding up of the Gatchell-Walpole Glass works, Waterford. Also letters of Abigail Knott of Rathangan, 1844 and of Jonathan and John Wright, 1862.

X 75 letters from various members of Wright family, 1801-1861, many from overseas
1, 2, Two letters from James S Wright from New York, to his aunt Martha Wright, October 1833
3-27 James S Wright from Cuba, 1834-1844
28-29 James S Wright from Ohio, 18 September 1844 and March [?]
30 B G Wright from Ohio to his aunt Martha Wright, 12 November 1845
41 Josh Wright from Dublin to his mother Hannah Wright, 18 September 1801
42 Josh Wright to 'My Dearly Beloved Wife and Children', no date
43 Josh Wright from Baltimore, 18 September 1801
44 Hannah Wright to John Wright, 1801
45 Joseph Wright from Baltimore to my 'dearly beloved Hannah', also Neh? Wright to 'my dear Father', 8 December 1801
50 Hannah Wright from Baltimore to the 'Dear and honoured parents of my beloved Josh and my own dear aged mother', 1 July 1802. Also from Joseph Wright from Dublin to my dear Grandfather, 26 August 1802
52 Hannah Wright from N W Terrritory to 'my dear Wm and Anne', 24 September 1802
54 Hanna Wright to 'my dear Brother', no date
57 Joseph Wright from Ohio to 'dear aunt Martha Wright', 1803
60 Joseph Wright to 'dear aunt Martha Wright', 1 November 1803
61 Joseph Wright to 'dear aunt', 3 June 1805
63 Joseph Wrigh to 'my dear Aunts', Baltimore, 2 May 1806
64 Margaret Wright from New York to 'my dear and honoured Grandfather and Grandmother', New York, 30 September 1806
66 Josh Wright to Martha Wright, Ohio 27 June 1807
67 Josh Wright, 19 September 1825
69 Nehemiah Wright to Martha Wright, Ohio, 29 October and 15 November 1838
70 William Wright to Martha Wright, Ohio, 8 March 1842
71 Margaret Wright to her grandparents, New York, 30 September 1806
AccessContact Repository.
Date1795-1862
Century18th, 19th
Keywords
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Repository NameReligious Society of Friends in Ireland Historical Library
AddressQuaker House Dublin Stocking Lane Rathfarnham Dublin 16
EircodeD16 V3F8
Telephone(01) 499-8003
Email Addresslibrary@quakers.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://quakers-in-ireland.ie/historical-library/
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