Plumer Family Collection, 1730-1882

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Summary

Abstract:
Collection of manuscript notebooks, letters, and documents from 18th-19th c., spanning several generations of the Plumer family and their distant relations. Multiple items have been annotated in 1858 by a likely relative, Thomas C. Price, Vicar of St. Augustine, Bristol.
Extent:
.5 Linear feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item, Box/Folder number], Plumer Family Collection, MS.2018.026, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of various materials spanning several generations of the Plumer family, including notes and letters of Thomas Plumer (1711-1781), a Latin exercise book of his brother, Joseph (1716-1747), and a manuscript notebook of Tamil translations written by Thomas's son, Hall Plumer (1751-1820). The majority of Thomas' letters are addressed to his wife Nancy, though he also writes to his sister-in-law, Betsy, and a Reverand Mr. Hazeland of Tottenham, to whom he has entrusted the education of his two sons.

Other materials in the collection include an 18th c. epitaph and religious poem presumably written by Thomas, a record of the Hall family (Alice Hall was Thomas' mother), legal wills of Thomas Plumer and Rev. Francis Plumer, a marriage settlement, financial accounts of Susanna Plumer, notes on the history of local castles, and letters from various Plumer relations.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Plumer (1711-1781) of Lilling Hall in North Riding, Yorkshire, was a London wine merchant and father to five children, including two sons, Hall (1751-1820) and Thomas (1753-1824). The former was a civil servant and public works contractor who owned a 43-acre estate called 'The Pantheon' in what is now Chennai, India. The estate, sold in 1793, eventually became the Chennai Museum. Hall's brother, Thomas, was a judge, politican and Master of the Rolls.

Acquisition information:
Clark Library purchase, 2018.
Processing information:

Collection processed and described by Sacha Schneider, 2020.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item, Box/Folder number], Plumer Family Collection, MS.2018.026, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA 90018, US
Contact:
(310) 794-5155
clark@humnet.ucla.edu
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