Correspondence and papers of the Green Family of Knutsford, Cheshire, including 16 letters from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Green. Her husband, Henry Green, was from 1827-72 Minister of Brook Street Unitarian Chapel, Knutsford, the town immortalised by Mrs Gaskell as 'Cranford'. The core of the correspondence comprises about 450 letters exchanged between the Green siblings and their parents, mainly from the 1850s-70s, touching on a wide variety of subjects, including politics, current affairs, travel, religion,, art and literature.
Item Provenance
The Green Family, then to the Jamison Family through the marriage of Isabella Green to Dr Arthur Jamison in 1875.