Elizabeth Simcoe collection (RC0534)

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Elizabeth Simcoe collection (RC0534)

[ca. 1850-19--]

https://archives.mcmaster.ca/index.php/elizabeth-simcoe-collection

The collection consists of: an original photograph, the Simcoe family estate in Wolford, England, with a woman, possibly Mrs. Simcoe, on the front lawn; a handwritten copy of a letter from her daughter, Sophia Simcoe, originally written in June 1835, mentioning her mother and Mrs. Scadding; a typewritten extract from an article by Henry Crawford Scadding commenting on an event in Mrs. Simcoe's diary. The dates of creation of the latter two items are not known.

3 items; 1 cm of textual records; 1 photograph

eng, Latn

McMaster University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940681

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Simcoe, Elizabeth Posthuma, 1762-1850

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s28vj6 (person)

Elizabeth Simcoe was born Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim in 1762, the daughter of Thomas Gwillim and Elizabeth Spinkes. Thomas Gwillim died seven months before the birth of Elizabeth; her mother died in childbirth. Elizabeth was raised by her mother's sister, Margaret, and her husband, Admiral Samuel Graves. She met John Graves Simcoe through this connection; Simcoe was the godson of Admiral Graves, and stayed with the Graves family on his return to England from America in 1781. In 1782, Elizabeth a...