Letters from his mother and sisters

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1831-1859
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MS.5833
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Letters to Benjamin Hobson M.D., from his mother Rebecca Hobson, and his sisters, Hannah, Ursula, Jane, Eliza, and Hepzibah Hobson. 1831-1863.

1 Eliza Hobson to her brother at St. Pauls Square. Welford, 11 Dec 1831

2 Hepzibah Hobson to her brother in London. 22 Nov 1838

3 Eliza Hobson to her brother and sister-in-law at the Macao Hospital, China. Welford, 6 March 1844. Endorsed 'July 31, [1840]'

4 Eliza Hobson to her brother in Batavia. Welford, 14 March 1840

5 Ursula Hobson to her brother. 20 June 1840

6 Rebecca Hobson to her son. Welford, 17 Aug 1840. Incomplete

7 Hepzibah to her brother and sister-in-law. Welford, 20 Oct 1840

8 Eliza Hobson to her brother at the Macao Hospital, China, 22 Oct 1840

9 Hannah Hobson to her brother. Welford, 5 Nov 1840

10 Jane Hobson to her brother. Welford, 6 Nov 1840

11/1-2 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 11 Nov 1840

12 Hepzibah Hobson to her brother. Welford, 1 May 1841

13/1-2 Hannah Hobson to her brother. Welford, 10 May 1841

Eliza Hobson to her brother. 11 May 1841

14 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 8 July 1841

15 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 28 Aug 1841

16 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 14 Sept 1841

17/1-2 Rebecca Hobson to her son. n.d.; continued by Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 29 June 1843

18 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 29 Oct 1843

19 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Brighton, 29 Sept 1844

20/1-3 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 25 Feb - 2 March 1845; with a copy of a letter from H. Marshall to his niece U. Hobson. Feb 1845

21/1-4 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Reading, 2 April 1856. Endorsed 'May 24, 1856'

22/1-2 Rebecca Hobson to her son. Reading, 2 Jan 1857. Endorsed 'March 5, 1857'

23/1-2 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Reading, 3 July 1857. Endorsed 'Sept 2, 1857'

24/1-2 Rebecca Hobson to her son. Reading, 13 July 1857. Endorsed 'Sept 18, 1857'

25/1-2 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Reading, 18 July 1857. Endorsed 'Sept 18, 1857'

26/1-2 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Keswick, Cumberland, 18-19 Sept 1858

27 Rebecca Hobson to her son. 17 Sept 1859

28/1-2 Rebecca Hobson to her son. n.d. Endorsed 'April 20'

29 Rebecca Hobson to her son. n.d.

30 Rebecca Hobson to her son. Welford, May 24. Incomplete

31 Rebecca Hobson to her son. n.d.

32/1-3 Copy of a letter from Eliza Hobson to her brother. Regent's Park, 26 April

33/1-2 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Welford, 28-29 Dec

34/1-2 Eliza Hobson to her brother. Hackney, Sept

35 Eliza Hobson to her brother. n.d.

36 [Eliza Hobson to her brother?] n.d. Lacks first page

Publication/Creation

1831-1859

Physical description

36 items

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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