• Title
  Letter from Mr and Mrs James Snashall, Sydney, to John Wise, England, 7 February 1843
• Call number
  MLMSS 6067
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  7 February 1843
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  106907
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : MLMSS 6067)
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The letter is written by Susannah Wise [Mrs James Snashall] to her brother John Wise and his wife in Widmore, Bromley, Kent. Susannah writes "...we have got little General Shop sell little of every thing and James [has] got situation in the Sheref [sic] office ... James goes to wait at all the partys there [Government House] and balls ...".
• Scope and Content
  The letter requests news of family and friends in England, and tells of life in Sydney, the cost of living, unemployment, the forthcoming election, the kindness of the governor's wife, Lady Gipps, etc; and finishes "James joins in kind love with me ... from your ... Sister [and] Brother J.S. Snashall". Susannah began the letter on February 7th 1843, and added more on the 19th and 26th February 1843.
• Finding Aids
  Read the trancription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a459.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no: Album ID : 824003
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Snashall, Mrs
  
• Subject
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Economic conditions--1788-1851
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social conditions--1788-1851
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1788-1851
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE914183

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