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Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: Glover Family Collection
Creator:
Glover, John, active 1782-1819
Creator:
Glover, John Halcott, 1877-1949
Creator:
Glover family
Identifier/Call Number: MS.2013.004
Physical Description:
.5 Linear feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1782-1949
Abstract: Collection of letters and legal documents pertaining to members of the Glover family, spanning from late 18th c. to mid-20th
c. Bulk of materials are letters from John Glover to his daughter, Lucy Freeman (nee Glover) during the early 1800s.
Physical Location: Clark Library.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is mainly comprised of a family correspondence between John Glover of Monmouth, Glasgow, and his wife, as well
as to their daughter, Lucy Freeman (nee Glover); the bulk of these letters is written in the early 19th century. Manuscript
poems, eulogies, and other literary pieces are also included. Another component of the collection consists of 20th century
letters and documents relating to the death of John Halcott "Hal" Glover, as well as earlier letters from Hal Glover to his
sister, Lucy Lyon.
John Glover (active 1782-1819) of Monmouth, Glasgow married Lucy Lowder and had a daughter, Lucy. He is most likely the same
John Glover that received a patent in 1800 for a method of bleaching linen cloths, per the Annual Register published in London
in 1801. He previously owned the estate of Great Lever, in the county of Lancaster, before losing it to bankruptcy debt in
1805. His daughter Lucy married James Freeman in 1808.
John Halcott Glover (1877-1949) was a friend of poet, novelist, and literary scholar Richard Aldington (1892-1962). He had
a sister named Lucy Lyon. At his death, Halcott Glover left a third of his property to Catherine Aldington, the daughter of
Richard Aldington.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Clark Library purchase, Michael R. Thompson Booksellers, 2013.
[Identification of item, Box/Folder number], Glover Family Collection, MS.2013.004, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
This collection is open for research.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Letters -- England -- 18th century
Letters--England--19th century
Letters -- England -- 20th century
Freeman, Lucy Glover
Lyon, Lucy