William Frankland journal
Overview
Journal used by William Frankland, who trained as a lawyer and served as Attorney-general in the Isle of Man and as private secretary to the secretary of state for home affairs in England. Topics covered in the journal include Frankland's attorney-general work, both in the Isle of Man and in London; continental travels, including in Belgium, Germany, and France; and his illness while in Cheltenham and Malvern, England.
Dates
- Creation: August 30, 1813 - December 6, 1815
Creator
- Frankland, William, 1761-1816 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume : Binding: Tall, thin sheets, bound at top. Material: Paper. ; Volume is approximately 14x18 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
After May 23, 1815 written in pencil, often over erasures. Some may be clarified or written by another hand--see note on July 27, 1815.
Topics covered in the journal, by date, include:
- Isle of Man: official & social business; sightseeing, August 30, 1813-January 31, 1814
- Lake Country & Yorkshire: Sightseeing
- London: Official & social business; resigns, February 22, 1814-August 8, 1814
- Continent: Sightseeing (Belgium, Rhine, France), August 12, 1814-October 20, 1814
- Dijon: Social business; illness; flees Napoleon Bonaparte, October 21, 1814-March 13, 1815
- London: Social business; illness, March 28, 1815-May 16, 1815
- Cheltenham: Illness, May 20, 1815-September 21, 1815
- Malvern: Illness, September 21, 1815-December 6, 1816
Physical Location
MS A29
Custodial History
On pastedown: Edw. J. O'Brien, 1922, Cambridge
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Myers
- Title
- Guide to the William Frankland Collection
- Subtitle
- William Frankland journal
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1963; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5802047813
- Preferred citation
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William Frankland journal, Department of Special Collections, MS A29, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository