Letter from Richard Jones to Alexander Birnie regarding the health of his brother Captain James Birn...
Letter from Richard Jones to Alexander Birnie regarding the health of his brother Captain James Birnie, 7 July 1829
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Date
7 July 1829
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MLMSS 10267
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0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Author(s) died more than 70 years ago
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Contents
A two paged, autographed letter, with fourth page address panel, stamps and red wax seal, on wove paper watermarked “Fellows 1827”. The letter shows the connection between Captain James Birnie to two colonial merchants; Richard Jones in Sydney who was the administrator of his estate, and his brother Alexander Birnie a merchant in London. Jones’s le...
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Letter from Richard Jones to Alexander Birnie regarding the health of his brother Captain James Birnie, 7 July 1829
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Purchased from Matthew Fishburn (Lanterne Rouge Press), September 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Richard Jones (1786-1852) arrived in Sydney on the Mary Ann in 1809, and over the following decade established himself as a merchant alongside Alexander Riley. In 1819 Macquarie referred to the fact that they were the only merchants in New South Wales: he complained to London that the order prohibiting convict ships from carrying merchandise made t...
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MLMSS 10267
Record Identifier
9Bv658Z9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv658Z9
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9583911
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