Cox (Family), 1830-1883, Manuscript, PRG 1806/3/IBC
Explanatory notes written by Rev. Cox in 1883 along with some reminiscences about his sister Sarah Lois Cox, accompanying transcriptions of a short autobiography of the life of his younger sister Sarah (1830) and letters written by Sarah and their father William Cox (1831-1832). The autobiography and letters home to her parents written while at boarding school offer glimpses into family life in England in the 1830s from the perspective of a young girl (aged 11-13). Sarah died in 1832 while at boarding school at Clare in Suffolk, and the letters from her father William Cox to his wife Sarah describe visiting their sick daughter and her illness and her death soon after, showing an insight into the difficulties around arranging a funeral and burial and mourning when a family member dies while away from home.