Leak Family letters from Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1811-1816.

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Leak Family letters from Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1811-1816.

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154 letters from author Hester Lynch Piozzi to her steward Alexander Leak and his wife Ann Glover Leak concerning Streatham Park.

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

eng,

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Oswald Bourne.

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Henry Merrik Hoare

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Leak family, recipient

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Alexander Leak (1776-1816) was hired by Hester Lynch Piozzi ca. 1806 to serve as steward at her Brynbella estate near Denbigh, Wales. In 1813, he was commissioned to oversee repairs and troublesome tenants at Piozzi's Streatham Park estate near London. Piozzi resided in Wales and Bath, and leased out her life interest in Streatham Park. On 1813 Oct. 9, Leak married Ann Glover Leak (b. ca. 1783), who had been employed as a Piozzi servant since 1809. They had one child, Alexander Pioz...