Letter from James Bradley Atkins to his father, W. Atkins in Hampshire, September 1841
Letter from James Bradley Atkins to his father, W. Atkins in Hampshire, September 1841
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September 1841
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MLMSS 10211
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Copyright status : Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
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Three-and-a-half page handwritten letter from James Bradley Atkins, "Alderford", near Braidwood, New South Wales, to his father, W. Atkins, Hampshire, September 1841. The letter is cross-written and post-marked.
Atkins describes his life and work, with particular focus on his efforts to establish a small holding of his own.
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Letter from James Bradley Atkins to his father, W. Atkins in Hampshire, September 1841
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Purchased from Matthew Fishburn, February 2019
Collection history
Purchased from a dealer (in Australia?) about ten years ago; possibly one of those recorded as being sold by the UK dealer Argyll in the early 1960s.
Administrative / Biographical history
James Bradley Atkins came to Australia in early 1840. After spending four months at Twofold Bay he went inland to work for John Murchison on his property ‘Taradale’ near Goulburn. In September 1840 he signed up with Captain Samuel Moore to superintend his station on the Monaro for one year. In the following years he was located at Braidwood, Gundar...
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MLMSS 10211
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YK5rN6xn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5rN6xn
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9630270
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