Allen family - letters received from Herbert Allen and John Woolley Allen, 1880-1894
Allen family - letters received from Herbert Allen and John Woolley Allen, 1880-1894
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Date
1880-1894
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6158
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Physical Description
Contents
1 box - 0.17 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Chronological
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection comprises 195 letters sent mainly from England and the Continent, 181 of which were written by Herbert Allen, 13 by his brother John Woolley Allen and 1 by Edward Meyrick. The recipients of the letters were all members of the Allen family, mainly Lady Marian Allen, but also Sir George Wigram Allen, sisters Ethel, Ida and Mabel, broth...
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Full title
Allen family - letters received from Herbert Allen and John Woolley Allen, 1880-1894
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Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Bud Cham in 1996
Administrative / Biographical history
Herbert Allen and John Woolley Allen were sons of Sir George Wigram Allen (1824-1885) and Lady Marian Allen (nee Boyce). Their grandfather was George Allen (1800-1877), who was born in England and arrived in Sydney in 1816. George Allen was articled to Frederick Garling in 1817 and was admitted as a solicitor in July 1822, the first solicitor to re...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6158
Record Identifier
npAEwMX1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAEwMX1
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Reference code
126804
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