Copy of extract of a letter from John MacGillivray to John Gould regarding a voyage of H.M.S. Rattle...
Copy of extract of a letter from John MacGillivray to John Gould regarding a voyage of H.M.S. Rattle...
Copy of extract of a letter from John MacGillivray to John Gould regarding a voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, ca. February 1850
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Date
ca. February 1850, transcribed ca. 1850
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9630
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D33324/c02986.html
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Contents
Contemporary copy, by an unknown copyist, of an extract from a letter written by John MacGillivray to the British ornithologist John Gould, originally sent from Sydney and dated 29 February 1850. The letter describes H.M.S. Rattlesnake’s voyage from its departure from Moreton Bay in May 1849 to its return to Sydney in early 1850, and contains cons...
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Full title
Copy of extract of a letter from John MacGillivray to John Gould regarding a voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, ca. February 1850
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Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1287053
Date note
Date written on letter, 29 February 1850, is not a valid date, as 1850 was not a leap year.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, Natural History catalogue, Item 53, September 2014
Administrative / Biographical history
Scottish-born John MacGillivray (1821-1867) left England for Australia in December 1846 as a naturalist on board H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by Captain Owen Stanley. The Rattlesnake reached Hobart Town in June 1847 and then proceeded to survey the area between the Queensland coast and the Great Barrier Reef, the southern coast of New Guinea and t...
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MLMSS 9630
Record Identifier
9AL4Jy5Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4Jy5Y
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Reference code
1225991
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