Margaret Catchpole - Papers, 1801-1870
Margaret Catchpole - Papers, 1801-1870
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1801-1870
Call Numbers
SAFE/A 1508 (Safe 1/272)
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 965, frames 1-181 (A 1508, filed at Safe 1/272)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D00007/a547.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Contents include letters, newspaper cuttings and documents concerning Margaret Catchpole's life, trial and transportation to Australia. It includes letters by several members of the Cobbold family - Mrs Cobbold, Charles, Frederick and the Rev. Richard Cobbold. The Rev. Richard Cobbold's letters include correspondence with David Hope, a relative of...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Margaret Catchpole - Papers, 1801-1870
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Microfilm copy made, Sept. 1986.
Edited transcriptions, by David A. Mitchell, of the 11 known letters of Margaret Catchpole are held at MLMSS 6241. Transcripts of the 6 letters on this database are by courtesy of David A. Mitchell
Digital order no:Album ID : 824041
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from A.H. Cobbold in 1922
Administrative / Biographical history
Margaret Catchpole (1762-1819), convict and pioneer, was born on 14 March 1762 in Suffolk. She worked as a servant for various families until she became the under-nurse and under-cook for Mrs John Cobbold, wife of an Ipswich brewer. Here she was treated like a member of the family and learnt to read and write. She left the Cobbolds in mid-1795, and...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/A 1508 (Safe 1/272)
Record Identifier
nQR2o3L1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2o3L1
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Reference code
423940
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