Letter from Andrew Murray to Thomas Gibbs of Piccadilly, 5 August 1822
Letter from Andrew Murray to Thomas Gibbs of Piccadilly, 5 August 1822
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5 August 1822
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MLMSS 10038
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0.44 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
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Letter from New South Wales settler and gardener Andrew Murray to nurseryman Thomas Gibbs of Piccadilly, discussing horticultural matters, the gardens of Government House and the procurement of seeds from the voyage of the ‘Bathurst’. The letter is handwritten in ink on 3 sides of a folded sheet and is addressed on the outer side to Gibbs.
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Letter from Andrew Murray to Thomas Gibbs of Piccadilly, 5 August 1822
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Purchased from Matthew Fishburn (Lanterne Rouge Press), October 2017
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Andrew Murray (ca. 1793-1858) arrived in the Australia in 1817 on the 'Lord Eldon', the same ship on which John Macarthur returned from England. After a short time in the colony, Governor Thomas Brisbane appointed Murray as one of his gardeners.
Murray married Eleanor McGill Kilpack at Parramatta in 1818 (her sister had married the influential...
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MLMSS 10038
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1l42jAJ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l42jAJ1
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9583925
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