Letter from John Radcliffe Lyon to his brother Samuel Lyon in Oxford, with additional note by Hamon...
Letter from John Radcliffe Lyon to his brother Samuel Lyon in Oxford, with additional note by Hamon Massie, 16 September 1843
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16 September 1843
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MLMSS 10210
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Copyright status : Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
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Three-and-a-half page, handwritten letter from John Radcliffe Lyon, Sherwood, New South Wales, to his brother, Samuel Lyon, Wadham College, Oxford, 16 September 1843. The letter is cross-written on paper watermarked ‘J Rump 1840’, and includes postal stamps and a red wax seal.
Lyon shares his concerns about the state of the New South Wales econ...
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Letter from John Radcliffe Lyon to his brother Samuel Lyon in Oxford, with additional note by Hamon Massie, 16 September 1843
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Purchased from Matthew Fishburn, February 2019
Collection history
Bought from an unknown eBay dealer in 2007 and then sold at Cavendish auctions as part of a group.
Administrative / Biographical history
John Radcliffe Lyon was born in England in 1818 and arrived in Sydney on the Camden in 1836. He became a notable figure in Paterson in the lower Hunter Region where he was a magistrate and landholder. In 1842 he was elected member of a committee of local identities to petition the colonial secretary to allow the importation of coolie labour from In...
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MLMSS 10210
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93QXz671
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QXz671
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9630271
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