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Title
Jacob Michael letters received from his son James Lionel Michael, 1863-1867
Creator
Jacob Michael
Call number
A 4481
Level of description
fonds
Date

1863-1867
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
430499
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

James Lionel Michael, poet, was the second son of Jacob Michael, a London solicitor. James Michael became a solicitor and follower of the pre-Raphaelite movement. He came to Australia in 1853 where he practised law in Sydney. He published 'Songs Without Music' in 1857 and 'John Cumberland' in 1860. The following year he moved to Grafton where he had a busy law practice. He contributed poems and articles to the 'Clarence and Richmond Examiner'. Henry Kendall worked as a clerk for Michael at Grafton, during which time he made copies of Michael's poems in preparation for a volume which was never published. Michael drowned in the Clarence River in 1868.
Scope and Content
Fifteen letters written by James Lionel Michael to his father in England, 3 September 1863 to 10 April 1867. All of the letters are written from Grafton. They describe life in Grafton in the 1860s, the character of the people, the changing climate, business, the district, his occupation with his books, health of his wife and son, the influenza epidemic, the depression, his literary connections with the local paper and floods in the Clarence River district.
Finding Aids
Transcript available online - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2014/D32711/a1265.pdf
General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 823520
Microfilm copy available at CY 4610, frames 1-52
Creator/Author/Artist
Michael, James L. (James Lionel), 1824-1868
Subject
Lawyers, Australian--19th century.
Poets, Australian--19th century.
Place
Clarence River (N.S.W.)
Clarence River Region (N.S.W.)
Grafton (N.S.W.)
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