Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, mainly between members of the Leadbeater family, including Mary Shackleton Leadbeater and her husband William, and members of the Shackleton family. There is also correspondence with many other relatives, including Mary's cousin, Margaret Pike; a number of letters were written by children. There is extensive correspondence between Mary and the poet Melesina Trench. The papers also include poetry by Mary (including a poem written about Edmund Burke); narrative diaries kept by her mother, Elizabeth; manuscript magazines written by children; and a family tree.
Dates
- 1709-1827
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Ballitore Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn.
Arrangement
Organized into 1 series: I. Correspondence and Other Papers, 1709-1827.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence, mainly between members of the Leadbeater family, including Mary Leadbeater and her husband William, and the Shackleton family, including Mary Leadbeater's parents, Elizabeth and Richard Shackleton, her sister, Sarah, and her grandfather, Abraham Shackleton. There is also correspondence with many other relatives, including Mary's cousin, Margaret Pike. Many letters were written by children. There is extensive correspondence between Mary and the poet Melesina Trench. The papers also include poetry by Mary (including a poem written about Edmund Burke); narrative diaries kept by her mother, Elizabeth; manuscript magazines written by children; and a family tree.
Richard Shackleton
Richard Shackleton succeeded his father, Abraham, as master of Ballitore School, a Quaker school that opened in 1726 in Ballitore, Ireland. One of Abraham's students had been Edmund Burke. Richard's second wife was Elizabeth Carleton, and Mary Shackleton Leadbeater was their daughter.
Mary Shackleton Leadbeater
Mary Shackleton Leadbeater married William Leadbeater (a former student at the Ballitore School) in 1791. They resided in Ballitore, where he was a farmer and landowner, and she ran the village post office. In 1794, she published anonymously "Extracts and Original Anecdotes for the Improvement of Youth." She also published "Poems" in 1808; "Cottage Dialogues among the Irish Peasantry" in 1811; and "Memoirs and Letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton" in 1822. Her "Annals of Ballitore" was printed posthumously in 1862 by Richard Davis Webb as "The Leadbeater Papers."
Processing Information
This finding aid was produced from a previously existing card set in the Manuscripts Catalog, or from another inventory. All pertinent bibliographical information has been retained. This list is subject to revision once final folder numbering and labeling have been completed. If this collection contains unlisted or unsorted material, this has been noted.
- Ballitore (Ireland)
- Ballitore School
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Children's writings
- Education -- Ireland
- English literature -- 18th century
- English literature -- 19th century
- Families -- Ireland -- Domestic relations
- Female friendship
- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Irish literature -- 18th century
- Irish literature -- 19th century
- Leadbeater, Mary, 1758-1826
- Leadbeater, William, ca. 1757-1827
- Ledbetter family
- Pike, Margaret
- Quakers
- Quakers -- Education
- Shackleton family
- Shackleton, Abraham, 1696-1771
- Shackleton, Elizabeth, 1726-1804
- Shackleton, Richard, 1726-1792
- Shackleton, Sarah
- Society of Friends -- Ireland
- Trench, Melesina Chenevix St. George, 1768-1827
- Women authors, English
- Women authors, Irish
- Title
- Guide to the Ballitore Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- 2009-03-19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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