John Thomas Baptist - letters received (4) from Ambroise Verschaffelt of Ghent, Belgium, and Vilmori...
John Thomas Baptist - letters received (4) from Ambroise Verschaffelt of Ghent, Belgium, and Vilmorin Andrieux of Paris, France, 1860-1868
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29 September 1860, 20 October 1865, 25 January 1868 and 14 March 1868
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MLMSS 6199
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1 folder - 0.01 Meters
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29 Sept. 1860; Letter from Ambroise Verschaffelt, horticulturalist, requesting lists of plants available from Baptist's nursery and their prices, with a view to ordering plants and seeds.
20 October 1865; combined invoice and letter from Vilmorin Andrieux regarding Baptist's order of Gladiolus. The letter refers to Mr Vanhoutte and an invoice f...
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John Thomas Baptist - letters received (4) from Ambroise Verschaffelt of Ghent, Belgium, and Vilmorin Andrieux of Paris, France, 1860-1868
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See also MLMSS 162, MLMSS 1205 and `Three Sydney Garden Nurseries in the 1860's' by John Gelding (Canberra: Mulini Press, 1983) located in the Mitchell Library Printed Books Collection at 635.9690994/1.
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Presented by Jean Edgecombe in 1991
Administrative / Biographical history
John Thomas Baptist (1804-1873) was born in Portugal. He arrived in Sydney in 1829 as a servant to Charles Wilson, civil engineer. He then established himself as a butcher in Goulburn Street. In 1838, he purchased 3 acres of land in Bourke Street, Surry Hills, and with his son John Thomas, set up a market and floral garden known as `Baptist's Garde...
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MLMSS 6199
Record Identifier
9BvM0539
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9BvM0539
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133538
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