Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788

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Author(s) Wilkinson, Joan, (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1994
Pages 219pp
Publisher Chetham Society
Place Published Manchester

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Document transcriptions, etc
Genealogical tables

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See also the writer's doctoral thesis. Structured in three parts: 1] 'Public life' - The Langton letters / The Langtons and Kirkham' / 'The linen industry in the eighteenth century' / 'Trade and commercial practices'; 'Inland transport and communication'; 2] 'Private life' - 'Education' / 'Sickness and health' / 'Leisure' / 'The family' / 'Mutatis Mutandis'; 3] 'The letters of Thomas Langton' [pp105-99] - being transcriptions of documents in the Lancashire Record Office. Includes Langton family tree 'Original letters in Lancashire Record Office