Urquhart, David (1805-1877) and Urquhart, Harriet Angelina (1825-1889)

  • Urquhart, David, 1805-1877.
Date:
1821-1892
Reference:
MSS.6236-6240
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Correspondence and papers of David Urquhart, with associated family letters.

Urquhart's correspondence gives details of the Turkish Bath in Jermyn Street, which he helped to establish (1860-1861), and his involvement with other similar institutions.

Publication/Creation

1821-1892

Physical description

97 items Partly printed.

Acquisition note

Purchased at Stevens, 5 April 1921, lot 6.

Biographical note

David Urquhart (1805-1877) was a diplomat and a pioneer of the Turkish Bath in the United Kingdom, helping to establish one in Jermyn Street, London. His wife Harriet Angelina Urquhart (née Fortesque) was a minor literary figure under the pen-name 'Caritas'.

Finding aids

Database description taken from that in: 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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Accession number

  • acc. 67343