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BRONTË, Patrick (1777-1861). Autograph document signed (twice, respectively as celebrant and clerk of the present document,'P. Brontë' and 'P. Brontë, Incumbent'), Haworth, 1825, a certificate of baptism for Mary, daughter of Martha Constantine, widow, living 'Near Oxenhope', born 19 March 1814 and baptised 28 August 1825, in a printed form, numbered '3712', one page, 97 x 257mm.
The year 1825 was a grim one for Patrick Brontë, his two eldest children, Maria and Elizabeth, dying on 6 May and 15 June at the ages of 11 and 10 of tuberculosis contracted at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. Patrick Brontë's burial certificate for Martha Constantine on 18 September 1856 is also known to survive (auction, Smythe, 13 November 1996, lot 401).
The year 1825 was a grim one for Patrick Brontë, his two eldest children, Maria and Elizabeth, dying on 6 May and 15 June at the ages of 11 and 10 of tuberculosis contracted at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. Patrick Brontë's burial certificate for Martha Constantine on 18 September 1856 is also known to survive (auction, Smythe, 13 November 1996, lot 401).
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