Letter from Edward Macarthur to Henry Labouchere, 22 October 1857, enclosing his own duplicate of an...
Letter from Edward Macarthur to Henry Labouchere, 22 October 1857, enclosing his own duplicate of an earlier letter of 20 August 1857
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Date
20 August 1857, 22 October 1857
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MLMSS 10236
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Author died more than 70 years ago
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Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2359
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Two manuscript letters from Edward Macarthur to Henry Labouchere, one being a duplicate of an earlier letter. Two sheets of folded laid paper with in total five pages of writing. The later letter is Macarthur’s request that he be appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath (KCB) rather than the lower decoration of Companion of the Bath (CB) for which...
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Letter from Edward Macarthur to Henry Labouchere, 22 October 1857, enclosing his own duplicate of an earlier letter of 20 August 1857
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Watermark on letter dated 22 October 1857: "Pirie 1854".
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Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, April 2019.
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Edward Macarthur was born in England in 1789. He went to Sydney with his parents, John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1790 and spent his boyhood there and at Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta. With his father he took part in the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808. Shortly after, he returned to England with the first bale of merino wool to be exp...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 10236
Record Identifier
94RXEpl1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RXEpl1
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9633682
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