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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This collection consists of 154 letters from Hester Lynch Piozzi to the Leaks concerning affairs at Streatham Park. 119 are addressed to Alexander Leak, and 39 are addressed to Ann Glover Leak. The bulk of the letters were written by Piozzi in Bath to the Leaks at Streatham Park. Typed transcriptions of almost every letter are included with the collection.

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7801706

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Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

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Leak, Alexander, 1776-1816,

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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...

Leak family,

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Alexander Leak 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, who had been employed as a Piozzi servant since 1809. They had one child, Alexander Piozzi Leak. Leak assisted in the auction of con...

Leak, Ann Glover, b. ca. 1783,

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