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The Ballitore Papers

(i) Masters of Ballitore School

(a) Abraham Shackleton (1696-1771)
PP1/1 A testimony concerning that worthy elder Abraham Shackleton, 1774.

(b) Richard Shackleton (1726-1792)
PP1/2 Correspondence between Richard Shackleton (Master of Ballitore School 1756-1779), his former pupil Aldborough Wrightson and his father George Wrightson, 1763-1771.

(ii) Sarah Shackleton (1760-1847)
PP1/9/1 - PP1/9/2 Two diaries of Sarah Shackleton, 1772 & 1774.

(iii) Elizabeth and Mary Shackleton   
PP1/10 Copy of a letter and reflections of Betsy Shackleton (niece of Mary Shackleton Leadbeater), 1843 & 1848.

 

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(i) Mary Leadbeater née Shackleton (1758-1826)

(a) PP1/11 Letters from Arabella Forbes, 1774-1778 and full transcription here
(b) PP1/12 Letters to Anne and Elizabeth Grubb, 1775-1823
(c) PP1/13 Letters from Susannah and Mary Bewley, 1788-1794
(e) PP1/15 Letter relating to Edmund Burke
(f) Literary Works & Interests
PP1/18 Notebook of poems written by Mary Leadbeater, 1775
PP1/19 Notebook of poems written by Mary Leadbeater, 1778
(g) Artistic Interests

PP1/20/1  Notebooks of sketches belonging to Mary Leadbeater, 1768-1769

(ii) Elizabeth Leadbeater (1791-1876) 

PP1/21 Contains literary extracts, poems and an essay, (1788), 1809-1828
PP1/22 Diary of Elizabeth from 1797-1815

PP1/23 The Ballitore Magazine, July and August 1809 and full transcription here

(iii) Deborah Leadbeater (1795-1829)

PP1/24 Notebook of Deborah Leadbeater, daughter of Mary Leadbeater, various poems, 1808-1810

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(i) Edward Barrington
PP1/25 Memoirs of Edward Barrington compiled by his daughter Selina, (1839), 1863, 1914

(iii) Selina Barrington 
PP1/28  Diary of Selina Barrington, 1855

(iv) Margaret Barrington
PP1/29 Notebook of Margaret, daughter of Edward and Sarah Barrington, 1851

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