Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie miscellaneous papers, 1817-1824
Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie miscellaneous papers, 1817-1824
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1817-1824
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MLMSS 5052
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1 box of textual material
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Autograph signed letter from Louis de Freycinet to Elizabeth Macquarie, 28 Januray 1824, written from Paris, commending Lachlan Macquarie as Governor of N.S.W. and requesting information on the customs and habits of Aborigines and details of all buildings erected in the colony. In French with an English translation (not contemporary wit...
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Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie miscellaneous papers, 1817-1824
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Microfilm copy available at CY 1717
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-570 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Elizabeth Macquarie was born in 1778, the youngest daughter of John Campbell of Airds, Scotland. She married Lachlan Macquarie in 1807 and when, two years later he was appointed Governor of New South Wales, she accompanied him to the colony. She was concerned with the welfare of Aborigines and women convicts and took a keen interest in her husba...
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MLMSS 5052
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nM7lPOZY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lPOZY
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923634
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