BIB_ID
81041
Accession number
MA 2696.51
Creator
Brontë, Patrick, 1777-1861.
Display Date
1858 January 16.
Credit line
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.5 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to Sir Joseph Paxton, Baronet, Hardwick Hall, Chesterfield.
High reserve.
High reserve.
Provenance
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife, Helen Safford Bonnell.
Summary
Expressing his uneasiness about an appeal for funds made to the Duke of Devonshire on behalf of the Haworth church & schools; stating his belief that the inhabitants of Haworth should raise the money themselves rather than imposing on the Duke.
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