Rachel Henning letters, 28 Dec. 1853 - 31 Mar. 1890
Rachel Henning letters, 28 Dec. 1853 - 31 Mar. 1890
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1853-1890
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MLMSS 342/Volumes 1-3 , MLMSS 342/Folder 4X
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3 volumes and 1 outsize folder of textual material - manuscript, printed
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Microfilm : Letters, 1853-1862).
Microfilm : Letters, 1863-1866).
Microfilm : Letters, 1867-1890).
Microfilm : Misc. handbills and plans, 1854-1861).
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Volumes 1-3
a. Letters, 28 December 1853-31 March 1890 include letters to her sisters Henrietta Boyce (called Etta), Annie, Amelia (called Amy), to her brother Biddulph and brother-in-law Rev. Thomas White Boyce, describing her daily life in England, on board ships Calcutta and Great Britain and from places in Australia including Appin, Sydney,...
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Rachel Henning letters, 28 Dec. 1853 - 31 Mar. 1890
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Edited versions of a large selection of the letters were first published in the Bulletin, 1951-1952, and in book form, Sydney, Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1952, held in the Mitchell Library at QA 920.7/H517/1A1
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Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-615 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Administrative / Biographical history
Rachel Biddulph Taylor, nee Henning, 1826-1914, sailed for Australia August 1854 on the ship Calcutta, with her sister Amelia, later Mrs Thomas Sloman, to join their brother Edmund Biddulph (called Biddulph) and sister Annie, later Mrs George Hedgeland. She stayed in Sydney, and with Biddulph at his farms at Appin and on Bulli Mountain. In 1856 she...
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MLMSS 342/Volumes 1-3 , MLMSS 342/Folder 4X
Record Identifier
9Bv7G0L9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7G0L9
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422654
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