David A. Mitchell - edited transcripts of the 11 known letters of Margaret Catchpole, written 1801-1...
David A. Mitchell - edited transcripts of the 11 known letters of Margaret Catchpole, written 1801-1811, together with an audio cassette of the letters read by Joan Rix in Suffolk dialect, compiled and recorded 1996
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1801-1811, transcribed and recorded 1996
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MLMSS 6241 , MLOH 241
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript
1 sound cassette - 1 hr
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Sound Recording : CY MLOH 241/1
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Contents
25 May 1801; 1. Letter to Mrs Cobbold from Ipswich Gaol [transcribed from original letter in Ipswich Museum].
21 Jan. 1802; 2. Letter to Mrs Cobbold from Sydney, also including a letter to Dr George Stebbing [transcribed from original letter in the Mitchell Library, located at A 1508].
2 May 1803; 3. Letter to Uncle and Aunt Howes from New...
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David A. Mitchell - edited transcripts of the 11 known letters of Margaret Catchpole, written 1801-1811, together with an audio cassette of the letters read by Joan Rix in Suffolk dialect, compiled and recorded 1996
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Information transferred from the Oral History Accession Register as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
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Presented by David A. Mitchell in 1997
Administrative / Biographical history
Margaret Catchpole (1762-1819), convict and pioneer, was born on 14 March 1762 in Suffolk. She worked as a servant for various families until she became the under-nurse and under-cook for Mrs John Cobbold, wife of an Ipswich brewer. Here she was treated like a member of the family and learnt to read and write. She left the Cobbolds in mid-1795, and...
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MLMSS 6241 , MLOH 241
Record Identifier
94Rk73g1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94Rk73g1
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139661
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