Material regarding the Waddy family, relatives by marriage to the Cowan/Pritchard family.

Letters, 1973-1974 to Stephen from David Sweet-Escott (May Cowan's son) regarding the Waddy material; letters, 1856 between Mr (William, or Bill) and Mrs (Zilla/Zillie) Waddy; a letter to Mrs Waddy from her brother; a letter from Charles Cowan to his aunt, 1879; two letters to Zillie from Emma Cowan; a small envelope labelled "Edward's Hair, April 13th 1879" containing a lock of hair, and another labelled "Beloved Mother's Hair, October 31st 1867"; a letter to Emma Cowan from Gordon Whitehead, 1901; a note from Stephen to David regarding Waddy, 1973; a note certifying the quality of a servant ("dhobee"), 1852; letters to Mrs Waddy from various correspondents, 1854,1864,1865; a letter to Lady Porter (Lutie) from Mrs Waddy, 1897; a note from Bill with drawings of animals; circa 30 Waddy family letters,1856, also letters to Mrs Waddy (Zilla/Zillie) dated 1880, 1885 and others undated; a letter from Emma Cowan to her aunt, with a lock of hair sewn to the paper, 1879; an account of events on the march from Lucknow to Amritsar 1856; a letter to Zillie from Emma Cowan with a birthday note by May Cowan; Waddy family tree; Route from Dum Dum to Allahabad for 3rd Company 9th Battalion Foot Artillery to march on the 5th November 1850; Route from Lucknow to Amritsar for 5th Company 8th Battalion with No.16 Light Field Battery attached to march on 8th October 1856.

Record Details

Item reference: PTR/17/3
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1850-1974
Creator: Porter, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London