Victorian? printed embossed card - "Yours Ever".
1826 letter to Louisa Pickett in London from her 'Cousin' Eleanor Medford in Hobart. Page 1 and reverse. I have my (J.H.K.Saxon) best attempt at a transcription of the whole letter.
Pickett Armorials (per Mrs Elizabeth M. Saxon who did some classes in Heraldry!)
Pickett Armorial Bearings (per Mrs Elizabeth M. Saxon)
Advert business card? I presume this was engraved (and printed?) by Gilbert Jessa Pickett Born 1787 Died?
Diagram of properties owned or leased presumably by Gilbert Jessa Pickett born 1787
Reverse of properties document - presumably hand delivered from an advisor (Solicitor?)
Nine children of Gilbert Jessa Pickett and Louisa Pickett (nee Gray) 1818-1825. Five died early or young. 2 pages from a notebook (possibly cut from a prayer book?)
Letter (8th Oct 1824) from Gilbert Jessa Pickett to his eldest daughter Louisa born 16 Sep 1818
1835 Certificate of Baptism of Edward Pickett 3rd son and youngest child of Gilbert Jessa and Louisa Pickett
1835 Certificate of Indenture of Arthur John Pickett Fletcher (1853-1903) apprenticed to Charles john Clay of Cambridge University Press for 7 years (Starting at 6 shillings per week).
1846 Marriage certificate. Alexander Fletcher & Louise Pickett at St Giles without Cripplegate London
1816 Marriage certificate. Gilbert Jessar? Pickett & Louisa Gray at St Giles without Cripplegate London
1855 letter from Gilbert Jesser Pickett to his Grandson Gilbert Pickett Fletcher Page 1 and reverse. J.H.K. Saxon has a transcription.
1855 letter from Gilbert Jesser Pickett to his Grandson Gilbert Pickett Fletcher Pages 2 & 3. J.H.K. Saxon has a transcription. Nothing like a bit of religious instruction by frightening the heck out of children!
1869 letter from Gilbert Pickett to his sister Louisa describing his travels in Europe. J.H.K.Saxon has his best attempt at a transcription of the whole letter.
1837 letter from John Macdonald to "the teachers of the Sabbath School in the Scotch Church River terrace Islington". Scan of page 1, J.H.K.Saxon has his best attempt at a Transcription of the whole letter. It seems John (Preacher?) was leaving, possibly to become a missionary. In Hobart?
1829 Letter from 'cousin' Eleanor Medford in Hobart to Louisa Pickett in London. The scan is of Page 1 only. J.H.K. Saxon has my best attempt at a transcription of the whole letter.
1810 (possibly) document describing a (possible) relationship to an Alderman William Pickett who was Lord Mayor of London in 1789 and the "melancholy" deaths of two of his children". N.B. My cousin Douglas Coombs does not think that this man was related to Gilbert J. Pickett
Document by ? describing Pickett ancestry back to 1112.
Document by ? describing Pickett ancestry back to 1112 (reverse)
c-1914 Two Edwardian? cards one embroidered.
Two Victorian or Edwardian cards - one embroidered with (possibly Avril) French for April. N.B. The Victorians were rather keen on these quirky fishy cards!
c-1840 framed hand coloured engraving of St. Giles without Cripplegate church now within the Barbican complex in London. The church escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666 but was badly burnt in the Cripplegate Fire of 1897 and again during the Second World War.
c-1846 Bible fly leaf. Presented? to Alexander Fletcher and Louisa Pickett on their marriage. Lists the birth dates of their 8 children and 5 death dates.
c 1846 Fletcher Pickett bible front page.
