Description
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.
Background
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.