John Reibey Atkinson - commonplace book used as diary and shared letterbook, 1840-1847, also used as...
John Reibey Atkinson - commonplace book used as diary and shared letterbook, 1840-1847, also used as...
John Reibey Atkinson - commonplace book used as diary and shared letterbook, 1840-1847, also used as diary by cousin James Thomson, 1852-1855
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
Sept.1840 - June 1855
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7106
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.05 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Level of description
Fonds
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Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : Issue CY 4199
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Sept. 1840; The volume was presented to John Reibey Atkinson by his father John Atkinson (d. 1893). It is inscribed on the inside front cover: John Reibey Atkinson from his Papa September 1840'.
Apr. 1841 - Aug. 1842; Diary of John Reibey Atkinson, written in a clear copperplate hand, comprising only 6 folios, 4 of which have been sliced out....
Alternative Titles
Full title
John Reibey Atkinson - commonplace book used as diary and shared letterbook, 1840-1847, also used as diary by cousin James Thomson, 1852-1855
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823929
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Jill Thomson in 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
John Reibey Atkinson and James Thomson were grandsons of Mary Reibey, the convict who became a highly successful business woman and trader in the first half of the 19th century.
John Reibey Atkinson (1826-1854) was the first child of Mary Reibey's sixth child, Jane Penelope, and her husband John Atkinson.
James Thomson (1824-1899) was the sec...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7106
Record Identifier
Yr8RB34n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RB34n
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Reference code
414100
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