Research Catalog

Title

Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794) : letters from the country, letters from the city / edited by Charity Scott-Stokes and Alan Lumb.

Publication

• Exeter : Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rowe, Nicholas James
• Hudson, William, 1730?-1793.
• Scott-Stokes, Charity
• Lumb, Alan

Description

ix, 332 pages : illustrations, map (black and white, and colour); 24 cm.

Summary

"In 1740, at the age of 17, Sir Francis Henry Drake of Buckland and Nutwell in Devon succeeded his father as Baronet and in due course followed him as MP for Bere Alston. This volume presents 320 letters written to Sir Francis between 1740 and 1778 by his Devon overseer, Nicholas Rowe, and by his London agent, William Hudson, who was a well-known apothecary and botanist and author of Flora Anglica (1762). The early letters from Devon have much to say about elections and related property dealings in the pocket borough of Bere Alston, while the later ones centre on Sir Francis's reshaping of Nutwell Court and its gardens. Health matters are an issue throughout, and the letters from London are a rich source of information on eighteenth-century medical practice in the city as well as in the country. They also informed Sir Francis about London society and parliamentary business during the months he spent in Devon. Taken as a whole, they offer a rich insight into eighteenth-century life both in Devon and in London." --

Series Statement

Devon and Cornwall Record Society ; new series, volume 62

Uniform Title

Devon and Cornwall Record Society (Series) ; new ser., v. 62.

Subject

• Drake, Francis Henry, Sir, 1723-1794 > Correspondence
• Rowe, Nicholas James > Correspondence
• Hudson, William, 1730?-1793 > Correspondence
• Hudson, William, 1730?-1793
• Devon and Cornwall Record Society
• 1700-1837
• Medicine > Great Britain > History > 18th century > Sources
• Manners and customs
• Medicine
• Great Britain > History > 1714-1837 > Sources
• London (England) > Social life and customs > 18th century > Sources
• England > London
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

• History.
• Personal correspondence.
• Sources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-2661

ISBN

• 9780901853622
• 0901853623

OCLC

1124483459

Title

Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794) : letters from the country, letters from the city / edited by Charity Scott-Stokes and Alan Lumb.

Publisher

Exeter : Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Devon and Cornwall Record Society ; new series, volume 62

Devon and Cornwall Record Society (Series) ; new ser., v. 62.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.

Chronological Term

1700-1837

Added Author

Rowe, Nicholas James. Works. Selections.

Hudson, William, 1730?-1793. Works. Selections.

Scott-Stokes, Charity, editor.

Lumb, Alan, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2661