9.Newbold, Margaret, ‘The Branwell Saga’, Brontë Studies 2002, Volume 27, Issue 1,p. 20
10.Ratchford, Fannie E., ‘The Loneliness of a Brontë Cousin’, Brontë Society Transactions 1957, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 102
11.Last will and testament of Elizabeth Branwell, 30 April 1833, ms. National Archives, London
12.Ratchford, Fannie E., ‘The Loneliness of a Brontë Cousin’, Brontë Society Transactions 1957, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 103
13.Ratchford, Fannie E., ‘The Loneliness of a Brontë Cousin’, Brontë Society Transactions 1957, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 107
14.Ibid.
15.Ibid.
16.Details from the 1871 census of Penzance.
17.Ratchford, Fannie E., ‘The Loneliness of a Brontë Cousin’, Brontë Society Transactions 1957, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 109-10
18. Ratchford, Fannie E., ‘The Loneliness of a Brontë Cousin’, Brontë Society Transactions 1957, Volume 13, Issue 2, p. 109
19.Rowe, J. Hambley, ‘The Maternal Relatives of the Brontës’, Brontë Society Transactions 1923, Volume 6, Issue 33, p. 144
20.Rowe, J. Hambley, ‘The Maternal Relatives of the Brontës’, Brontë Society Transactions 1923, Volume 6, Issue 33, p. 143-4
Chapter 18
1.Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Ellen Nussey, 4 January 1838, ms. Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
2.Gaskell, Elizabeth, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, pp. 96-7
3.Chadwick, Ellis H., In the Footsteps of the Brontës, p. 185
4.Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Ellen Nussey, 1 July 1841
5.Gaskell, Elizabeth, The Life Of Charlotte Brontë, pp. 180-181
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The versions of books by the Brontë sisters referred to in the notes and text are as follows:
Bell, C., E., and A., Poems by Currer, Ellis, And Acton Bell, Aylott & Jones, 1846
Brontë, Anne, Agnes Grey, Wordsworth Classics, 1998
Brontë, Anne, The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Wordsworth Classics, 1994
Brontë, Charlotte, Jane Eyre, Wordsworth Classics, 1999
Brontë, Charlotte, Shirley, Collins Classics, 2012
Brontë, Charlotte, The Professor, Wordsworth Classics, 2010
Brontë, Emily, Wuthering Heights, Penguin Classics, 1985
The Branwell family miniature portraits (courtesy of the Brontë Society)
View of Penzance from Lescudjack, early nineteenth century
Silhouette of Elizabeth Branwell (courtesy of the Brontë Society)
Elizabeth Branwell by James Tonkin, 1799 (courtesy of the Brontë Society)
‘The Brontë Sisters’ (1 to r: Anne, Emily, Charlotte) by Patrick Branwell Brontë, c. 1835 (© National Portrait Gallery, London)
Charlotte Brontë by George Richmond, 1850 (© National Portrait Gallery, London)
St. Michael’s Mount by James Webb
Acton Castle, seen from Chapel Street, Penzance
Haworth Parsonage (© Janet Brown)
Aunt Branwell display, Brontë Parsonage Museum (© Brontë Parsonage Museum)
The Branwell house at 25 Chapel Street, Penzance
Silhouette of Joseph Branwell (© Sarah Mason Walden)
View of Coffin End from Elizabeth Branwell’s room, Thornton Parsonage (© Mark de Luca)
View of Baltimore by William H. Bartlett, early 19th century
Thomas Brontë Branwell and Charlotte Branwell, cousins of the Brontë sisters (© Penlee House, Penzance)
Chapel Street Wesleyan church, Penzance
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