Lachlan Macquarie letter to Donald Maclean, 18 March 1821
Lachlan Macquarie letter to Donald Maclean, 18 March 1821
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1821
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MLMSS 5445
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Letter to his cousin Donald Maclean, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh. Writing from Sydney, Macquarie gives details of his parlous financial state and records his intention of resisting any further investments. In particular he refers to his desire that his family should acquire the estate of Ulva lost by his father but warns that his brother Charl...
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Lachlan Macquarie letter to Donald Maclean, 18 March 1821
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Macquarie, Lachlan, 1761-1824 -- Finance, Personal
Real property -- Scotland
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-575 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Acquired from Maggs Bros. of London, 1991
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Lachlan Macquarie 1761-1824, was born on the island of 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...
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MLMSS 5445
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YK5QLJ7n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QLJ7n
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923802
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