Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1807-39 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Peacock was born 9 April 1791 in Denton, near Darlington, co. Durham, one of eight children, the youngest of five sons of Thomas Peacock, curate and schoolmaster at Denton. After a short spell at Richmond School he came up to Trinity College,… read more
Repository
Archival history
These letters were originally catalogued as part of the Papers of George Peacock. The Letters of George Peacock (PEAC) formed the first two boxes of that collection and these letters made up the third. The two sets of papers were separated in June 2019… read more
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of S. H. Cartwright, 1980.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
94 letters, most of them written to Peacock's brother William, with six to his father Rev. Thomas Peacock, one each to his sister Hannah and brother Thomas, and nine others addressed to an unspecified 'Dear Sister'. The letters date from the time he was… read more
System of arrangement
The letters are arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
This material is open for research unless otherwise stated.
Finding aids
Two legacy finding aids are available at the library, listing the formerly designated Papers of George Peacock (see the Archival History note above), and another (in a file at the library) listing the former Papers together with the autograph album at… read more
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Letters to George Peacock, PEAC.
Peacock and Thompson Family Autograph Album , ADD.Ms.b.49.
Notes area
Note
Cite as: Trinity College Library Cambridge, George Peacock Letters to his Family, PEAC II.
Access points
Name access points
Archivist's note
Collection level description created by Diana Smith in June 2019, using an earlier, undated finding aid.