Letter from Henry Mace to his brother John Mace advocating emigration to Australia, 1831
Letter from Henry Mace to his brother John Mace advocating emigration to Australia, 1831
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15 March 1831
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MLMSS 9881
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0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Folder 01: 1 letter from Sydney shopkeeper Henry Mace to his brother John Mace in England advocating Australia over America as the place for successful emigration, 15 March 1831. Mace advocates and described life in colony in relation to the availability of good land and resources, the absence of disease and reports on the state of business as bein...
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Letter from Henry Mace to his brother John Mace advocating emigration to Australia, 1831
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Purchased from Hordern House, 12 July 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Henry Mace (d. 1856) was a newly established chemist working in Sydney on King Street in the early 19th century. He wrote to his brother John Mace in Kent, England in March 1831 advocating Australia (over America) as the place for successful emigration. Little is known about Henry Mace or his brother John, however the Sydney Commercial Directory li...
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MLMSS 9881
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9WZWebaY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZWebaY
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1001602
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