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Collection Reference Number GLC00496.149
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1765-1774 
Title Correspondence from William Cowper to Lady Hesketh declining Lady Hasketh's offer to send salmon to Olney
Date ca. 1773-1790
Author Cowper, William (1731-1800)  
Recipient Hesketh, Harriet, Lady  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Declines recipient's offer to send salmon to Olney where the price is prohibitively expensive. Discusses local matters.
Subjects Literature and Language Arts  Women's History  Finance  Poetry  
People Cowper, William (1731-1800)  Hesketh, Harriet, Lady (1733-1807)  
Place written Olney, England
Theme Arts & Literature; Women in American History; The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Cowper was a hymn writer. He and Lady Harriet Hesketh were cousins.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859