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Box-folder MS MSF SEQ 13267 BOX 4/5

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Diary. Vol. 21, 1891 January 1-1891 December 31 Digital Link to digital version

 Item — box-folder: MS MSF SEQ 13267 BOX 4/5
Identifier(s): MS13267/21
Scope and contents

David Evans' wife dies and Jenkins is made executor of her estate; he attends the auction of the Evans estate; a fire breaks out in Maldon; the Maldon to Laanecoorie railway is opened; Census day; a storm in Melbourne sinks several ships and three thousand families are rendered homeless through flooding; his fellow countryman Rees Jones dies of consumption; 'Malvolio' wins the Melbourne Cup; Maldon has nineteen public houses; Australia's national debt is reported at £44 million.

Dates: 1891 January 1-1891 December 31
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13267, Diaries of Joseph Jenkins