Identity area
Reference code
Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/52
Unique identifier
GB 275 Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/52
Title
Autograph letter, signed, to 'Dear Sir' from Robert Walsh, Rector of Finglas, Stamford
Date(s)
- 20 October 1820 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p Manuscript paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1781-1845)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Was disappointed to not meet the bearer of AJC's last letter. Gives an account of his journey, mostly on foot, from Stamford to Ireland. Includes descriptions of an interview with Ann Moore, a woman in Tutbury said to have lived for three years without 'sustenance solid or liquid', a state which he believes is true. Also describes the hill country in Derbyshire, the city of Sheffield, the Lake District, including the plumbago mine in Borrowdale and the lead industry, and the Isle of Man.