| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 389/PERS/WITHAM |
| Date | 1756 |
| Level | Series |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Title | Personal papers of Sister Catherine 'Kitty' Witham |
| Creator Name | Syon Abbey (1415-2011); Bridgettine |
| Description | Manuscript letter from Sister Kitty Witham to her mother, dated 27 January 1756, in which she describes the Great Earthquake in Lisbon of 1755, with a paragraph also addressed to her Aunt Ashmall. Very fragile.
A transcript of this letter is available from Special Collections on request. |
| Language | English |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL conditions apply |
| Related Material | See EUL MS 459 for a photocopy of a letter from Sister Catherine Witham of Syon Abbey to her mother in 1763
See EUL MS 389/HIST/1/5 for manuscript and typescript copies of the letter.
EUL MS 262/add1 and add2 include several manuscripts transcribed by Sister Kitty. |