Edward Pope: A Guernseyman abroad
From the Star of January 25, 1883. The Governor of Anticosti, now part of Quebec.
Emigration
The Musee Dobree in Nantes
There is now an interesting website for this museum, with audio and video tours of the building and collections and a great deal of background information to this branch of the Dobrée family. The Priaulx Library has the standard guide to the museum in its collection, Aptel, Claire, et al., Thomas Dobrée 1810-1895: un homme un musée, France, Fonds Dobrée, 1997 .
The Diary of Harriet Brock Pengelley - a link
Is it indeed true am I here? divided by the Atlantic from a mother so justly adored, a father so truly beloved, my parents—Oh! let me still think I am dreaming—that I have not left you—bid you such a long, such a sad adieu.
Guernsey in America, 1924
From the Guernsey Free Churchman, December 1924 and January 1925.
Lord Byron's Newfoundland Dog, 1823
Edward Le Mesurier was the son of Havilland Le Mesurier and Elizabeth Dobrée. He was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy before settling in Genoa, where he married Amelia Augusta Wright.
Letters acquired: Sebastopol, Topliss, McCrea
The Library acquired at an island auction summer 2013 three separate sets of letters and source materials of local interest.