Mary Williams papers, 1839-1863
Mary Williams papers, 1839-1863
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1839 - 1863
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7644
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures, Drawings and Prints
Physical Description
Contents
0.05 metres of textual material (1 box)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Copyright holder : Chris Anderson
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Diary, 20 August 1839-9 July 1850
Commonplace book, 1839-1863
Includes flower pressings, poetry, music . Also includes line engravings of English scenes, watercolours, and quotations. The watercolours include flowers, the Church at Hobart Town in 1840 and the Temple of Tavasara, Somosomo, Fiji in 1841
Alternative Titles
Full title
Mary Williams papers, 1839-1863
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Rev. Thomas Williams' journal of the voyage on the Triton is held at A 2782.
Signature / Inscriptions
Initials "M.W" inscribed on endpaper of Commonplace book; Signature of Mary Williams on endpapers of diary
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Penelope Lewarne on behalf of Edgar Harcourt, March 2006
Administrative / Biographical history
Mary Williams was the wife of the Wesleyan missionary Thomas Williams (1815-1891).
On the 20 August 1839 she married Thomas Williams, and in September 1839 they sailed for the South Seas on the Triton. From July 1840 to July 1853 Williams served successively at Lakeba, Somosomo and Bua (Fiji) before settling in Australia in 1853. She died on t...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7644
Record Identifier
1kVdzyzn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVdzyzn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447423
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