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Typescript copies of correspondence, 1861 October 17-1865 October 5

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Scope and contents

Typescript copies of correspondence commencing with letter from Bendigo, 17 October 1861, and concluding with letter from Boston, USA, 5 October 1865, with the exception of Telegram, Sydney 9 July 1864, which has been omitted from the typescript copies.

Dates

  • 1861 October 17-1865 October 5

Physical description

3 volumes.

General note

In most cases these are exact copies of the manuscript letters with a few minor typing errors: (1) Letter from Ellen Kean, St Kilda 26 May 1864, has the wrong details in address in the typescript copy; and (2) Letter from Vancouver Island, BC, 11 December 1864, has several sentences omitted in the typescript.

  • box-folder: YMS MS 8827 BOX 73/12 (Text)
  • box-folder: YMS MS 8827 BOX 77/1-2 (Text)

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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