Peter Hawker diaries, 1795-1853.

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Peter Hawker diaries, 1795-1853.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702151902

34 manuscript diaries containing details of Hawker's hunting trips, complete with lists of birds and small animals he shot, and various entries about travel and daily life. Variant titles are found in the volumes, the first inscribed: "A List of the Birds &c Shot by P. Hawker, who began to shoote at 9 years old" and containing feathers pressed between pages and a painting of birds pasted on the first leaf. The remaining volumes are numbered sequentially beginning with Volume I: "Memorandums of shooting, fishing & other Sports (& of my Journal from place to place)".

3.20 linear ft. (8 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8019122

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hawker, Peter, 1786-1853

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