The Heywood papers, 1799-1866
The Heywood papers, 1799-1866
Collection: The Industrial Revolution: Technological Innovation in the Textile Industry, 1672-1929 Volumes The Heywood papers, 1799-1866
The Heywood papers are arranged thematically. Part 1 contains correspondence from 1808-1820, mostly business letters of John and Robert Heywood (of Heywood and Son quilting manufacturers), principally from their business contacts in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Gibraltar, and Jamaica (Montego Bay). Part 2 contains correspondence consisting chiefly of letters from political and other associates of Robert Heywood. Including several items regarding the Chartist movement and riot of 1838 and other contemporary political issues such as the abolition movement and the abolition of the slave trade (1808), the anti-corn law movement, and, in international politics, the American Civil War and the impact that it may have on transatlantic trade. And Part 3 includes Robert Heywood's travel Journals and the correspondence and papers which relate to those trips. It also contains miscellaneous additional travel-related papers such as letters on friends' travels in Europe.
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Travels in America, Europe and the Levant
Part 3: Robert Heywood's travel journals & related letters: Italy (1826), North America (1834), Europe and the Levant (1845), Russia (1858). Also miscellaneous additional travel-related papers including: Journal & letters...
Date:1738-1911Contributor:Bolton Archive & Local Studies Service
Identifier:72023-02-03
Politics in Bolton
Part 2: Correspondence from 1835 - 1842. Politics in Bolton, Lancashire. Includes documents relating to the Chartist riots of 1839.
Date:1738-1911Contributor:Bolton Archive & Local Studies Service
Identifier:72023-02-02
Textile trade with America, Gibraltar and Jamaica
Part 1: Correspondence from 1808-1820. Transatlantic textile trade with America, Gibraltar, Jamaica and the West Indies. Also miscellaneous correspondence relating to transatlantic trade including: Letters (1840) on state of trade,...
Date:1808-1866Contributor:Bolton Archive & Local Studies Service
Identifier:72023-02-01
