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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Richard Shackleton correspondence
Creator:
Shackleton, Richard,
1726-1792
Identifier/Call Number: mssSHA
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1658-1808
Date (bulk): 1750-1795
Abstract: A collection of correspondence related
to Richard Shackleton, master of the Quaker School at Ballitore, Ireland.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Richard Shackleton correspondence, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sotheby's, Lots 155 and 184, June 1953.
Richard Shackleton (1728-1792) was the son of Abraham Shackleton (1697-1771), founder of
the Quaker school at Ballitore, Co. Kildare, Ireland. In 1756, Shackleton succeeded his
father as master of the school, where he remained until replaced by his son Abraham
Shackleton in 1779. Shackleton's first wife, Elizabeth (Fuller) Shackleton died in 1754; he
later married Elizabeth (Carleton) Shackleton, who was active in local charities.
A collection of 401 items from 1658 to 1808, it consists of the correspondence of Richard
Shackleton and his wife Elizabeth (Carleton) Shackleton. Many of the letters addressed to
Richard Shackleton are from parents whose children attended the Ballitore Quaker school and
former students commenting on university life. The remaining portion of the collection
consists of letters written from the Shackletons to their friend Elizabeth (Pim) Pike of
Dublin. Although most of the letters concern the Society of Friends in Ireland, there are
some items relating to activities of Friends in England and America. There are a few items
from the latter seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, including individual letters by
George Whitehead and William Penn.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1960. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssSHA 1-401.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Quakers -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century
Quakers -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Schools -- Ireland -- 18th century
Society of Friends -- Ireland
Ballitore (Ireland) -- History -- 18th century
Ballitore (Ireland) -- Social life and customs
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Ireland -- History -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Ireland -- 18th century
Penn, William,
1644-1718
Pike, Elizabeth Pim, active 1770-1790
Shackleton, Elizabeth,
1726-1804
Whitehead, George,
1636?-1723
Ballitore School