Record

Level	Sub-Series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)	HM/638-652
Title	Autograph letters, signed from Richard Martineau
Extent	15 items
Date	1856-1864
Description	Letters to Harriet Martineau mainly concern financial matters, advice, and payments made. They also discuss family matters, detailing life events and the health of Richard's wife and children.
Access Status	Open
Administrative History	Richard Martineau was Harriet Martineau's cousin. He was a partner in Whitbread’s Brewery, a wealthy business man who gave Harriet financial and business advice.
Related Material	Copy of the Will of Richard Martineau of 17 Westboune Street, Hyde Park, Middlesex is held at Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch. Ref: TEM.173/235. Bequests to his wife, Lucy Martineau; his nephew Frederick Manning Needham of Gloucester Square, Hyde Park; his coachman Joseph Barton; to William Mitson, his gardener at Walsham; trusts in favour of his daughters Mary Constance Martineau and Caroline Ann Martineau, and his son John Martineau; all property at Walsham le Willows and elsewhere in Suffolk to his son John Martineau.

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