Burn family papers, 1836-1911, and related correspondence, 1966-1971
Burn family papers, 1836-1911, and related correspondence, 1966-1971
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1836-1971
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MLMSS 3017
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(2") box
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Fonds
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Microfilm : CY 2209 (MLMSS 3017)
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1 box of textual material : manuscript, typescript, carbon typescript, printed
Items 1-4
The papers include a letter from Jacobina Burn to her grand-daughter Jemima Frances Burn, Abbey Bank, 15 November 1836, regarding domestic matters; MS. chapter of a novel in the hand of David Burn, headed, 'Chapter sixteenth, Desultory'; photocopy of le...
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Burn family papers, 1836-1911, and related correspondence, 1966-1971
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Keyword subject:
Women pioneers -- Tasmania
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Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-647 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Jacobina Burn, nee Hunter, of Edinburgh, 1763-1851, arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1821. One of the first women to receive land grants in Tasmania, she owned Ellangowan, near Hamilton. Her son, David Burn, ca. 1799-1875, settler and author, followed his mother to Hobart in May, 1826 and continued his journalistic and literary career. His daughter,...
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MLMSS 3017
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YK5QweXn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QweXn
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422694
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