Title
HILL FARM : BOTLEY : CO. HANTS; BARN ELMS FARM : BARNES : CO. SURREY
Reference
FR HAN 12
Production date
1808-1830
Creator
Creator History
William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and member of parliament for Oldham, (1832-1835). He sometimes used the pseudonym Peter Porcupine.
Scope and Content
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of William Cobbett; farm labour book of Hill Farm, Botley
Extent
6 series
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
System of arrangment
Summary of classes
1 CORRESPONDENCE
2 CATALOGUES
3 INVENTORIES
4 LABOUR BOOKS
5 LEASES
6 SUNDRY PAPERS
Related objects
MS 1400
Publication Note
For an account of William COBBETT, see the standard biography by COLE, G.D.H. The life of William Cobbett. London : Collins, 1924 and PEARL, M.L. William Cobbett : a bibliographical account of his life and times. London : Oxford University Press, 1953
