The Bevans Family letters
I found the lovely The Bevans Family letters website, a “micro-site” of the Regency Town House site, and I must say it is charming and thorough. From the website:
The Bevan (and Dewar) family letters were provided to the Regency Town House by the historic paint consultant, and owner of Papers and Paints, Patrick Baty. Patrick is a descendant of the Bevans / Dewars.
The Bevans were a relatively well-off family during the late 18th and 19th centuries with a variety of interests including significant ones in the banking industry. The modern Barclays Bank traces its roots back through to the Bevans. Robert Polhill Bevan became a well known painter. More about the Bevans.
The letters are best thought of as being in two distinct groups. The earlier ones, written in the 1820s to 40s, between the Bevans, and the later ones, written in 1856 and 1870, between the Dewars.
The Bevan family correspondence covers a variety of topics but is especially useful in providing us with an insight into general family life during the late-Regency period; sometimes as it was being led in Brighton.
I find the website fascinating for a purely selfish reason, I am stealing phrases and common day language for my own writing. And the actual photographs of the letters are wonderful.