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A. B. Piddington and W. H. Ifould correspondence relating to borrowing of Encylcopeadia Americana fr...

A. B. Piddington and W. H. Ifould correspondence relating to borrowing of Encylcopeadia Americana fr...

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A. B. Piddington and W. H. Ifould correspondence relating to borrowing of Encylcopeadia Americana from library, 18 December 1934

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Full title

A. B. Piddington and W. H. Ifould correspondence relating to borrowing of Encylcopeadia Americana from library, 18 December 1934

Date

18 December 1934

Call Numbers

MLMSS 9763

Record Identifier

9Bv7PB09

Reference Code

1353302
Physical Description

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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)

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Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Letter on Northfield Chambers letterhead from A. B. Piddington asking W. H. Ifould to borrow the volume of Enyclopaedia Americana titled ‘Celtic Language and Literature’, and on same paper, response from W. H. Ifould declining to do so unless Piddington returns another book. On verso are handwritten notes from Piddington to himself, relating to dia...

Alternative Titles

Full title

A. B. Piddington and W. H. Ifould correspondence relating to borrowing of Encylcopeadia Americana from library, 18 December 1934

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Case citation R v Wilson ex parte Kisch (1934) 52 CLR 234

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Geoff Watson SC, 2014

Administrative / Biographical history

At the time this letter was written, W. H. Piddington was representing Czech journalist and communist Egon Kisch, who had just been sentenced to be deported after failing a ‘dictation test’ in Scottish Gaelic, and convicted of being a prohibited immigrant. Piddington argued a writ for Kisch’s release before the High Court on 17, 18, and 19 December...

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Call Numbers

MLMSS 9763

Record Identifier

9Bv7PB09

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7PB09

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Reference code

1353302

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