Janus: Personal Papers of Bessie Rayner Parkes

Girton/GCPP Parkes contains:
1	Ms writings, biographical, poems, miscellaneous
2	BRP's correspondence with her parents
3	BRP's correspondence with family (other than parents)
4	Family letters (not BRP)
5	Correspondence with Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
6	Major Correspondents
7	Correspondence with the Howitts
8	Correspondence with the Procters
9	Minor correspondents
10	Miscellaneous letters, poems, drawings
11	Newspaper cuttings
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Personal Papers of Bessie Rayner Parkes

Title	Family letters (not BRP)
Reference	GCPP Parkes 4 (former reference: BRP IV)
Creator	Parkes, Bessie Rayner
Covering Dates	1799–1878 (Many are undated.)
Extent and Medium	49 letters; paper

Content and context

Including letters written by and/or to Joseph Parkes, Elizabeth Parkes, Louise Swanton Belloc. Also including 6 letters written by William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes.

Index Terms

Parkes, Joseph (1796-1865) election agent and reformer

Parkes, Elizabeth (1799-1877) née Priestley

Hazlitt, William (b 1811) Registrar, Court of Bankruptcy

Belloc, Anne-Louise Swanton (1796-1881) née Swanton, translator

Girton/GCPP Parkes 4 contains:

Joseph Parkes to Elizabeth Parkes. Concerns BRP's frailty as a baby and fear of her death. Ms, 2 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

2 Aug. 1829

Joseph Parkes to Elizabeth Parkes. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy, pp 3-6.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 6 pp; paper.

25 July 1841

Joseph Parkes to Elizabeth Parkes, Westminster.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

10 Apr. 1844

Joseph Parkes to Elizabeth Parkes, London. Contains a description of the house in Saville Row. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy, pp 3-5.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 5 pp; paper.

4 Jan. 1851

Elizabeth Parkes to Joseph Parkes, Hastings. Sends news of the death of Priestley Parkes. Ms, 1 p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Elizabeth.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

26 June 1850

Elizabeth Parkes to Louise Swanton Belloc [London]. Ms, 1p, with envelope and scrap paper inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Elizabeth.
1 letter with envelope and note; paper.

16 June 1874

Elizabeth Parkes to Louise Swanton Belloc, Deal. Typescript copy, 2 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Elizabeth.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

11 Sep. 1876

Louise Swanton Belloc to [Elizabeth Parkes], Paris.
Creator: Belloc, Louise Swanton.
1 item; paper.

Aug. 1867

Elizabeth Parkes to Josiah Parkes, Edgbaston. Concerns the Franco-Prussian War.
Creator: Parkes, Elizabeth.
1 item; paper.

28 Aug. 1870

Marianne Priestley to Elizabeth Parkes.
Creator: Priestley, Marianne.
1 item; paper.

Apr. 1821

Lindsey Priestley to Elizabeth Parkes.
Creator: Priestley, Lindsey.
1 item; paper.

June 1822

Joseph N Priestley to Elizabeth Parkes, Northumberland. Typescript copy.
Creator: Priestley, Joseph N.
1 item; paper.

12 Sep. 1824

Large brown envelope labelled 'Eliza Priestley'.
Creator: Unknown.
1 item; paper.

Elizabeth Parkes to George Swainson, London. Typescript copy, 3 pp.
Creator: Parkes, Elizabeth.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

23 Apr. 1855

Josiah Parkes to John Parkes, Westminster. Concerns Josiah Parkes' meeting with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and gives a description of the latter. Ms, p 1, with two typescript copies of part of same, pp 2-4.
Creator: Parkes, Josiah.
1 item, 4 pp; paper.

5 Aug. 1864

Priestley Parkes to Joseph Parkes, Baltimore.
Creator: Parkes, Priestley.
1 item; paper.

6 Oct. 1846

Note by Catherine Finch. Note regarding a rosary written by Catherine Finch, together with envelope labelled "letter from Miss Catherine Finch .".
Creator: Finch, Catherine.
1 note with envelope; paper.

1871

[Anna Letitia] Barbauld to Mrs [Sarah] Finch, Hampstead.
Creator: Barbauld, A L.
1 item; paper.

24 Aug. 1799

[ ] to Hilaire Belloc. Also envelope inscribed "Monsieur Hilaire Belloc a la Celle St Cloud ..".
Creator: Unknown.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

3 Aug. 1876

Joseph Parkes to Mr Smith. Concerns a continental tour made by the Parkes family with Barbara Bodichon.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

9 July 1850

Joseph Parkes to the Revd C Strong, London. Concerns JP's biography of Sir Philip Francis. Ms, 1 p, with two typescript copies, pp 2-5.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 5 pp; paper.

26 Dec. 1859

[Joseph Parkes] to [ ], Rome. Ms, 1 p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

Joseph Parkes to [ ].
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item; paper.

[Joseph Parkes] postscript to letter to [ ]. Mentions Garibaldi. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Joseph.
1 item, 2 pp; paper.

John G Palfrey to Elizabeth Parkes.
Creator: Palfrey, John G.
1 item; paper.

25 Oct.

[William Field] to [Joseph Parkes], Leam.
Creator: Field, William.
1 item; paper.

21 Oct. 1821

William Field to Joseph Parkes, Leam.
Creator: Field, William.
1 item; paper.

21 May 1827

Part of letter from Mary Field to Joseph Parkes. Typescript copy.
Creator: Field, Mary.
1 item; paper.

William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes. Letter of condolence on the death of Priestley Parkes. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2, also envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Hazlitt, William.
1 item, 2pp, with envelope; paper.

1850

William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes. Typescript copy, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Hazlitt, William.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

16 July 1853

William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes.
Creator: Hazlitt, William.
1 item; paper.

5 Jan. 1854

William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Hazlitt, William.
1 item; paper.

William Hazlitt to Joseph Parkes. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2, and envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Hazlitt, William.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

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

G W Cruickshank to Joseph Parkes, London.
Creator: Cruickshank, G W.
1 item; paper.

1 June 1826

Richard Darna to Joseph Parkes, Regent Street. Typescript copy.
Creator: Darna, Richard.
1 item; paper.

31 Aug.

G Elliot [?] to Joseph Parkes, France.
Creator: Elliot, G.
1 item; paper.

3 Jan. 1861

H G to Joseph Parkes. Ms, 1 p, with envelope labelled "Mr Parkes".
Creator: H G.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

1 Dec.

William Godwin to Joseph Parkes, Gower Place. Typescript copy.
Creator: Godwin, William.
1 item; paper.

7 Feb. 1827

William Godwin to Joseph Parkes, Gower Place. Typescript copy.
Creator: Godwin, William.
1 item, 3 pp; paper.

1 Oct. 1829

Lord Hatherton to Joseph Parkes, Teddesley. Typescript copy of dictated letter.
Creator: Hatherton, Lord.
1 item; paper.

22 Nov. 1862

Mr Rogers to Joseph Parkes, St James's Place.
Creator: Rogers, Mr.
1 item; paper.

27 July 1853

Harriet Beecher Stowe to Madame Belloc. Typescript copy.
Creator: Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
1 item; paper.

17 June 1878

Louise Swanton Belloc to [Madame], Paris. Concerns subscription to the English Woman's Journal.
Creator: Belloc, Louise Swanton.
1 item; paper.

1862

A B Adams to Elizabeth Parkes.
Creator: Adams, A B.
1 item; paper.

23 Sep. 1864

John Bright to Elizabeth Parkes. Letter of condolence on the death of Joseph Parkes.
Creator: Bright, John.
1 item; paper.

10 Sep. 1865

Eliza Medelyard to Elizabeth Parkes.
Creator: Medelyard, Eliza.
1 item; paper.

14 Jan. 1873

Ch A Brandis to Joseph Parkes, Bonn. Concerns an invitation to stay with the Parkes in order to see the Great Exhibition and meet George Grote.
Creator: Brandis, Ch A.
1 item, 1p; paper.

24 July 1851

Louise Swanton Belloc to Mary Merryweather, La Celle St Cloud. Concerns BRP's grief after the death of Louis Belloc, Louise's fears for BRP's health as a result and an appeal to Mary Merryweather to pay BRP a visit.
Creator: Belloc, Louise Swanton.
1 item, 1p; paper.

10 Oct. 1872