Girton/GCPP Parkes 2 contains:
2A	Letters from BRP to Elizabeth Parkes
2B	Letters from Elizabeth Parkes to BRP
2C	Letters from BRP to Joseph Parkes
2D	Letters from Joseph Parkes to BRP

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Personal Papers of Bessie Rayner Parkes

Title	Letters from Joseph Parkes to BRP
Reference	GCPP Parkes 2D
Creator	Parkes, Bessie Rayner
Covering Dates	1843–1864
Extent and Medium	45 letters; paper

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GCPP Parkes 2/42-86.

Girton/GCPP Parkes 2D contains:

2/42

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

Dec. 1843

2/43

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Hastings. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

4 Oct. 1849

2/44

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Hastings. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

11 Oct. 1849

2/45

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Concerns JP's reaction to Robert Fane's proposal to BRP. Ms, 1p, also envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments on same.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

Nov. 1849

2/46

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Concerns Caroline Norton / the Norton case. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

15 June 1852

2/47

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Perth. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 3-4.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 4 pp; paper.

5 Sep. 1852

2/48

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [London]. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

16 Feb. 1853

2/49

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

2 May 1853

2/50

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Concerns JP's work on the Gisborne remains. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

2 July 1853

2/51

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Concerns Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin and North American slavery. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 3-4.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 4 pp; paper.

5 Nov. 1853

2/52

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Alton Towers. Comments on Blow Collis; elopement of George Eliot with G H Lewes; JP's visit to Hardwick Hall. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same, p 3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

5 Oct. 1854

2/53

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Comments on the elopement of George Eliot with G H Lewes. Ms, 2pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

Oct. 1854

2/54

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Concerns the Crimean War and the siege of Sebastopol; also the elopement of George Eliot with G H Lewes. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 3-4.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 4 pp; paper.

14 Oct. 1854

2/55

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Ms, p 1, with notes by Joseph Parkes enclosed in letter, pp 2-3, also envelope addressed to "The Author of Aspasia, 2 Saville Row, Bond Street".
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

27 Mar. 1856

2/56

Joseph Parkes to BRP.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

Feb. 1857

2/57

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Concerns the following: Barbara Bodichon; The Waverley; the role of women, love and marriage; divorce and earnings in the light of the Married Women's Property Bill; Lord Henry Brougham's work on the Married Women's Property Bill; the Marriage and Divorce Bill of 1857 introduced by Lord Cranworth. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-6.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 6 pp; paper.

12 Feb. 1857

2/58

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Concerns the following: Lord Henry Brougham's work on the Married Women's Property Bill; the Marriage and Divorce Bill of 1857 introduced by Lord Cranworth; divorce and earnings.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

21 Feb. 1857

2/59

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

21 Apr. 1857

2/60

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [London]. Mentions marital problems of Charles Dickens; also gives advice and comment on the English Woman's Journal. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

9 June 1858

2/61

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Gives advice and comment on the English Woman's Journal; also comments on the eccentricities of Walter S Landor. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

26 Aug. 1858

2/62

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Deal. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

30 Aug. 1858

2/63

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Deal. Gives advice and comment on the English Woman's Journal; also mentions marital problems of Charles Dickens. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

24 Sep. 1858

2/64

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Deal. Views on sexual equality; articles in the English Woman's Journal; W Caldwell Roscoe - 'Woman' article printed in the National Review Oct 1858; right of women to exercise elective franchise. Ms, 2 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

6 Oct. 1858

2/65

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Concerns W Caldwell Roscoe: 'Woman' article printed in the National Review Oct 1858. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

Oct. 1858

2/66

[Joseph Parkes] to BRP, Deal. Concerns W Caldwell Roscoe: 'Woman' article printed in the National Review, Oct 1858. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

15 Oct. 1858

2/67

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. This appears to be a draft of GCPP Parkes 2/68, which includes JP's views on BRP's marrying; comments re financial insecurity of Sam Blackwell; legacy left to BRP by Mr Bray; comments on the character of Mary Merryweather.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

20 June 1860

2/68

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Includes JP's views on BRP's marrying; comments re financial insecurity of Sam Blackwell; legacy left to BRP by Mr Bray; comments on the character of Mary Merryweather. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy, pp 3-6.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 6 pp; paper.

23 June 1860

2/69

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [London]. Comments re financial insecurity of Sam Blackwell. Ts copy, 3 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

17 Nov. 1860

2/70

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Comments re financial insecurity of Sam Blackwell.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

1860

2/71

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments re financial insecurity of Sam Blackwell; death and achievements of W Coulson. Ms, 2 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

24 Nov. 1860

2/72

[Joseph Parkes] to [BRP]. Comments on the US Civil War. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

1861

2/73

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments on US Civil War. Ms, 2 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

25 Jan. 1861

2/74

Joseph Parkes to BRP. Comments re financial insecurity of Sam Blackwell. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

Jan. 1861

2/75

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [London]. Comments on the following: mixed blood of Matilda M [Max] Hays; nature of friendship of Max Hays and Lady Monson; the Kennedy case, tried at the Warwick Assizes. Ts copy.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 4 pp; paper.

14 Apr. 1862

2/76

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments on the friendship between Lady [Theodosia] Monson and Matilda M [Max] Hays and on the US Civil War. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

22 July 1863

2/77

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Deal. Concerns Lord Palmerstone. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-3.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

29 Aug. 1863

2/78

Joseph Parkes to BRP, Deal. Concerns JP's biography of Sir Philip Francis; also the US Civil War. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-3, also JP's enclosure in the letter and typescript copy of same, pp 4-5.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 5 pp; paper.

16 Sep. 1863

2/79

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments on the Emily Faithfull aspect of the Codrington v Codrington divorce case. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy, pp 3-6, also envelope labelled "to BP from her father".
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

23 Jan. 1864

2/80

2 Aug. 1864

2/81

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments on the Emily Faithfull aspect of the Codrington v Codrington divorce case. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

4 Aug. 1864

2/82

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments on the Emily Faithfull aspect of the Codrington v Codrington divorce case. Ts copy.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

11 Aug. 1864

2/83

Joseph Parkes to BRP, London. Comments on the Emily Faithfull aspect of the Codrington v Codrington divorce case. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, pp 2-3, also envelope labelled "to BP from her father".
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

19 Nov. 1864

2/84

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [ ]. JP's views on BRP marrying. Ms, 1p.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

2/85

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [ ]. Comments on the effect of illness on the character of Priestley Parkes. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy, pp 3-5.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 5 pp; paper.

2/86

Joseph Parkes to BRP, [ ]. Comments on John Chapman's struggles as editor of the Westminster Review. Ms, 2pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

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