John Lee - Correspondence [M678], 1840-1865

MAV/FM4/61
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fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432498

microfilm reel 35 mm

Lawyer, antiquarian, philanthropist. Interested in all branches of science. President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1862

1) Correspondence with Charles Lee Smith and John Lee Smith, 1842-1858 re domestic and financial matters; Charles's voyage to Australia; the dispatch of natural history specimens to Dr Lee; events and conditions in Victoria; Melbourne workers striking for improved wages, and boiling down sheep for tallow. 2) Correspondence 1840-43, mainly from Charles Rumker, re payment due for the sale of land in N.S.W. in 1827; astronomical matters; Rumker's work in astronomy during his stay in N.S.W.; the business activities of Mr A.B. Sparke (sic) of Sydney; and the cost of erecting an observatory and residence at Parramatta. 3) Miscellaneous correspondence, including a letter from George Witt, Sydney; a letter from Miss Bessie Parkes, London, 1861, seeking subscriptions for a fund to assist young ladies emigrating to Australia; a letter from William Stratford Lee, Fremantle, 1865, stating he is now a ticket of leave holder and intends leading a reformed life

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Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 94, p. 48-49
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M678
Microfilm copy of originals held by Buckingham Record Office, Buckinghamshire
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