ED 559
Reference code
ED 559
Title
Letters from Barnard W.F. Drake, at Eton c.1836-1844
Level
File
Date
1837 - 1840
Extent & medium
4 items
Content description
Letters sent to his guardian and Uncle Robert Davies, and one to his sister Catherine Drake. Includes the death of Provost Goodall, "Fire-place" the practice of celebrating the fires being lit in Long Chamber with music and food, duties as lag of the Fifth Form, "bonneting" or the practice of squashing one's hat, travel arrangements
Provenance
Found in a book sent to an auction room in Guernsey, 1980s
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