Series 01: Lachlan Macquarie papers, 1787-1824, being mainly journals, memoranda, correspondence, co...
Series 01: Lachlan Macquarie papers, 1787-1824, being mainly journals, memoranda, correspondence, commission and address
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1787-1824
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A 768 - A 802 , B 156 , MLMSS 2920X
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39 volumes of textual material - manuscript, printed
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Guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library, 66ff
I. Journals of Lachlan Macquarie, 1787-1824
i) Journals kept in Great Britain, India, Egypt and New South Wales, 1787-1824, together with memoranda and selected letters.
(ii) Journals of tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1811-1822.
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Series 01: Lachlan Macquarie papers, 1787-1824, being mainly journals, memoranda, correspondence, commission and address
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A comprehensive index to correspondents for Lachlan Macquarie's correspondence in Volumes A 772, A 774, A787-A797 and A 800-1 is available in the `Guide to the papers of Lachlan Macquarie and the Macquarie Family in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW', pp. 28-47.
See also the Macquarie University, Sydney, website - 'The Lachlan & Eli...
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Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-226C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Lachlan Macquarie, 1762-1824, was born on Ulva in the Scottish Hebrides. He joined the British Army in 1776 and served in Canada, America and Jamaica. From 1787 to 1807 he served in India rising to the command of the 73rd regiment. He married Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell in 1807 and a son, Lachlan, was born seven years later. In 1809 he was appoint...
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A 768 - A 802 , B 156 , MLMSS 2920X
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9Bv7G669
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7G669
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423000
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