Letter from John McGarvie to George Hutchison, 9 March 1842
Letter from John McGarvie to George Hutchison, 9 March 1842
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9 March 1842
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MLMSS 9776
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0.05 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscipt
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The letter was written by Reverend Dr John McGarvie from Sydney in 1842 and addressed to his friend George Hutchison in Glasgow. In the letter he discusses poverty & famine in Scotland, controversy concerning Dr Lang (the first Presbyterian minister in Sydney) and the Presbyterian Church, and the economic depressed state of the Colony of New South...
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Letter from John McGarvie to George Hutchison, 9 March 1842
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Purchased from Lytlewode Press, December 2015
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Reverend Dr John McGarvie (1795-1853) was a Presbyterian minister who came to Sydney in 1826 from Glasgow in Scotland. He was personally selected by Rev. John Dunmore Lang as the first minister of the Ebenezer Church at Portland Head on the Hawkesbury, where he remained until 1830. He became a prolific writer, especially after his brother William c...
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MLMSS 9776
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9qoaKoL1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoaKoL1
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