Heather,
A search of the National Register of Archives for women described as diarists reveals 29 entries, not all in your date range: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/advanceResults.asp?Name=&TitleEpithet=diarist&Gender=F&Date=&subjectType=P&submit.x=18&submit.y=9
You could experiment with other searches too.
Nick Kingsley
Head of Archives Sector Development & Secretary of the Historical Manuscripts Commission
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
Tel: +44 (020) 8392 5330 x2062
Website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Nick Kingsley
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Sent: 02 December 2010 18:00
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Subject: Manuscript travel journals or letters
I have just started a distance PhD at Exeter University supervised by Professor Jeremy Black. I am researching British women who were travelling on the Continent between 1700 and 1850. This was before railways and tunnels through the mountains, and before many women published travel accounts.
I am experiencing some difficulty in locating manuscript travel journals diaries or letters which describe their travels, so I am asking if any archivists know of such documents in their collections. Dr Christine Faunch at Exeter University, recommended that this would be an effective way of reaching you.
If you can help me could you reply to my Email:-
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Thank you for your time and attention
Heather Walker
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