1891 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG TEENAGE SURREY ENGLAND GIRL GROWING UP IN HIGH STYLE

On offer is an interesting original manuscript diary handwritten by 16 year old Caroline Sophia Campbell Stewart of The Cottage Limpsfield Surrey who writes in 1891 from January to august 11th then 2 pages of entries for 1892 and then January 1898 sporadically to April 3rd 1898. When she writes Caroline does a fine job noting her daily activities and the details of acquaintances including: ice skating, rounders, whist, missionary parties, luncheons, servants, the weather, tobogganing, lunch at the Churchill's, reading to the servant Lennell, catching cold etc., making for a delightful record [80+pp] of the daughter of James Haldane Stewart Rector of Brightwell Oxfordshire. Mother Emily Katharine Mary Leveson-Gower Born 1835 Caroline married Ernest Morell Blackie. Research also notes that married 1903 and she was a direct descendant of William the Conquerer. People and places named include: Charlie Lydell, Missionary Home Party, The Urmsons, Coulsdon, Southborough, Dr. Bowen, Titsey, Mr. Marsham [a preacher].; English Language; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, MISSIONARY HOME PARTY, THE COTTAGE LIMPSFIELD SURREY, CAROLINE SOPHIA CAMPBELL STEWART, ENGLISH, ENGLAND, CHRISTIANITY, VICTORIAN ERA, BRITISH, BRITAIN, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, AMERICANA, PERSONAL HISTORY, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, DIARY, JOURNAL, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOG, LOGS, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, papel.