Title
Letter from Timothy Young [son of Jane Young (nee Hackworth), Baltimore to Prudence Nightingale (nee Hackworth)
Reference
HACK/4/2/11
Production date
16-11-1892 - 16-11-1892
Creator
- Nightingale, PrudenceBiographyBiography
Prudence Nightingale (nee Hackworth) was born at 10.30 am on 28 June 1822 at Warbottle. She was the daughter of Timothy Hackworth and Jane Hackworth (nee Golightly). She moved to Shildon in 1825 when her father gained employment with the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company. Prudence set up a school or ‘Seminary for Young Ladies’ in Penrith; all of her sisters either taught at or were taught there. She was responsible for sending her sister Jane Young (nee Hackworth) to school in Vilvorde, Belgium.
She married a widow. Charles Nightingale (born in 1816 and died in 1904), a Methodist Minister at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Darlington 17 August 1858. Because Charles was a minister it is likely that the family moved location every three years.
Correspondence created and received by Prudence is evidence that she was active in family affairs. After her father died Prudence was active in settling his estate. At the time the estate was winding up she left her school and rented a farm at Heighington, where her brother Timothy Hackworth, son of Timothy Hackworth also lived until his death in 1856 aged 31. Prudence was active in trying to gain recognition for her father and was in correspondence with individuals interested in his life and work. She was involved in sending Hackworth material to the Baltimore and Ohio Railway exhibit in the World Columbian Exposition, America. She also investigated when there was a possibility that the ‘’blast pipe letter’’ had been misplaced and displayed in an exhibition in London. She died in 1897
Scope and Content
Major Pangborn who is in charge of the Baltimore and Ohio exhibit in the World Exhibition, looked at plans and papers, ‘he gave me more information about Timothy Hackworth than I could possibly give him. He has photos and drawings covering every Hackworth engine, many of which I had never heard of’, Samuel Holmes has papers relating to Timothy Hackworth ‘I was a little surprised at this’, He knows that Prudence has written to Mr Pangborn ‘he promised to write to J [possibly T] Hackworth and not mention any of our names, offer bonds, or any inducement to get the ‘Royal George’ model.
Extent
1 item
Physical description
This item is in fair condition, the paper is thin and text hard to read.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York