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Collection
Identifier: GTM-000003
Collection Level Scope and Contents note
During the nineteenth century great fortunes were made by various entrepreneurs in the cotton industry of Lancashire. One of the most remarkable of these cotton masters was Edward Hermon (1821?-1881), the managing partner of Horrocks, Miller & Company, an early giant in the field. Hermon became the conservative M.P. for Preston (1868-1881) as well as an eminent art collector, sportsman, philantropist and builder. His papers, dating between 1864 and 1867, cover a variety of topics, but...
Dates:
1864-1897
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-150615
Content Description
Scrapbook belonging to a British woman, containing cut silhouettes, paste-in watercolors and pencil sketches re European tour and trip to South America.
Dates:
1820 - 1849
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-170130
Content Description
Woman's scrapbook containing autograph transcriptions of poetry; sketches, printed engravings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1820 - 1849
