Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Family and Intimate relationships
Harriett Jay
For reasons unknown, HJ
(then aged about seven or eight) was adopted by her elder sister and brother-in-law, Mary
and Robert Buchanan
(who, it seems, were unable to have children of their own).
Jay, Harriett. Robert Buchanan. AMS, 1970.
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Residence
Harriett Jay
Robert Buchanan
developed an unnamed illness, and following the death of his father the family (now composed of Buchanan, his mother Margaret
, his wife Mary
, and the child HJ
) moved north to...
Residence
Harriett Jay
In order to reduce expenses yet again Robert
and Mary Buchanan
, with HJ
(who was now in her teens), moved to remote Rossport in County Mayo, Ireland.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.