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Title
Material accumulated by Prudence Nightingale (nee Hackworth)
Reference
HACK/4/2
Production date
11-06-1839 - 29-07-1895

Creator

Nightingale, Prudence Biography Biography
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
The series contains letters and one programme collected by and sent to Prudence Nightingale (nee Hackworth). The series contains letters from family and friends. There are letters from her friend Elizabeth Dove which describe matters in Elizabeth and Prudence’s families and mention her elder sister Ann Ambler (nee Hackworth), who was sent to a lunatic asylum. There are also letters concerning her younger sister Jane Young (nee Hackworth) who was at school in Vilvorde, Belguim. The series contains letters and one programme collected by and sent to Prudence Nightingale (nee Hackworth). The series contains letters from family and friends. There are letters from her friend Elizabeth Dove which descibe matters in Elizabeth and Prudence’s families and mention her elder sister Ann Ambler (nee Hackworth), who was sent to a lunatic asylum. There are also letters concerning her younger sister Jane Young (nee Hackworth) who was at school in Vilvorde, Belguim. Later letters, after Timothy Hackworth’s death demonstrate Prudence’s contributions to the campaign for her father’s recognition including distributing material about him to interested parties. She appears to be in correspondence with various individuals who are interested in her father and his work. Correspondence shows that she was involved in sending Hackworth material to the Baltimore and Ohio Railway exhibit in the World Columbian Exposition, America. She also appears to send a copy of the ‘blast pipe letter’ (see HACK/1/1/11) to the South Kensington Museum, later the Science Museum in 1895.
Extent
13 items
Level of description
SERIES
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York

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Letter and envelope from Prudence Hackworth, Soho Works and Thomas Greener, Etherely Notes Notes

System of arrangement
Items have been arranged in chronological order.