Letter from William McGarvie, in Sydney, to his sister Mrs Ann McDonald, in Glasgow, 13 April 1833
Letter from William McGarvie, in Sydney, to his sister Mrs Ann McDonald, in Glasgow, 13 April 1833
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Date
13 April 1833
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10239
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Physical Description
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Author died more than 70 years ago
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Manuscript letter from William McGarvie, in Sydney, to his sister Ann McDonald, in Glasgow. One sheet of laid paper folded to letter-size, stamped ‘India Letter Eastbourne’ and with two other postmarks including a stamp from Sydney, remnants of red wax seal, with a small piece missing along one edge. Written by William McGarvie not long after his r...
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Letter from William McGarvie, in Sydney, to his sister Mrs Ann McDonald, in Glasgow, 13 April 1833
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Notes
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See also: Letter from Ann McDonald in Sydney to her brothers and sisters in Glasgow, 10 May 1834, MLMSS 9573.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, April 2019.
Administrative / Biographical history
William McGarvie (1810-1841), journalist, bookseller and pastoralist, was born in Scotland. In 1828 he followed his brother John to Sydney. He immediately took charge of the Australian Stationery Warehouse in Lower George Street which Robert Howe ran in conjunction with the Sydney Gazette. As well as selling books, the warehouse also had a circula...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 10239
Record Identifier
nGma2GaY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGma2GaY
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Reference code
9633449
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