W. N. Bickham notebook comprising two accounts titled 'Journal of a voyage from Sydney, New South Wa...
W. N. Bickham notebook comprising two accounts titled 'Journal of a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, to England by the Overland Postal Route', 1857 and 'Diary of a journey from London to Shanghai by the Overland Route', 1860
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1857-1860
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MLMSS 8684
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Copyright status : In copyright
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This volume consists of two accounts of voyages undertaken by W. N. Bickham.
Journal of a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, to England, by the Overland Postal Route, on the ship European, pages 1-60, 19 June 1857-29 August 1857
Bickham mentions that he has travelled to Melbourne where he meets acquantances from Moss Side and Manche...
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W. N. Bickham notebook comprising two accounts titled 'Journal of a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales, to England by the Overland Postal Route', 1857 and 'Diary of a journey from London to Shanghai by the Overland Route', 1860
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Purchased from Richard M. Ford on 2 June 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
William Napier Bickham was born in Manchester, England in about 1833 to William and Mary Bickham. Bickham left London for Sydney in 1856 on the Centurion, which he describes as a business trip. He returned to Manchester in 1857. In February 1860 he left London for Shanghai, a journey taken during the Second Opium War (1856-1860). He was a silk...
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MLMSS 8684
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nV2qXe7n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qXe7n
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993152
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