ID7511
CollectionAbercorn Papers
ReferenceD/623/
Description

The Abercorn estate papers comprise of c.2,500 documents and relate to the Abercorn family's County Tyrone estate. The collection includes, for example:
Laundry maids' wage books, 1937-1955.

A half box of annuities by way of rent-charge to Mrs Frances Hawkins/Maguire, the former mistress of the late 1st Marquess of Abercorn and to his illegitimate children by her, including thank you letters from the latter to the 1st Duke of Abercorn, 1830; 1833; 1838.

The Abercorn family papers, include, for example:
D/623/A/71-4 Correspondence, poems, etc., of Harriet Eliot, later Hamilton, including letters from her two husbands, 1738-1758.

D/623/A/248-9 Letters and papers of Ann, Marchioness of Abercorn, 1806-1826, including letters from Sir Walter Scott, 1838.

D/623/A/251; D/623/A/255; D/623/A/257; D/623/A/259-264; D/623/A/310; D/623/A/332 Correspondence and papers of Louisa, Duchess of Abercorn, including many letters from members of the royal family, 1818-1904.

D/623/A/343 Letters to, and about the death of, Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton, many of them concerning her excavation of Island McHugh crannog, Baronscourt, County Tyrone, 1903-1918.

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1738-1955
Century18th, 19th, 20th
Keywords
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