Letters from W.B. Clarke to W.S. Macleay, 1842-1845

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1842-1845

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W. B. Clarke, geologist and clergyman, appointed headmaster of the King's School, Parramatta in 1839, had charge of the parish of Campbelltown, including Dural and Castle Hill, until 1846, when he became rector of St Thomas's Church, St Leonards, until his retirement in 1870.

William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865), son of Alexander Macleay was a scholar and naturalist born in 1792. He arrived in Sydney in March 1839, where he spent the remainder of his life living at his father's home, Elizabeth Bay House, which he inherited in 1848.

1. Letter from W.B. Clarke to W.S. Macleay, 1 July 1842 from Paramatta [sic.]

2. Additional memoranda, 5 July 1842

3. Letter from W.B. Clarke to W.S Macleay, Saturday [16 July 1842] from Petty's Hotel

4. Letter from W.B. Clarke to W.S. Macleay, 28 May 1843 from Paramatta [sic.]

5. Letter from W.B. Clarke to W.S. Macleay, 24 January 1845 from Muswellbrook

6. Reprint of 'Some unpublished correspondence of the Rev. W.B. Clarke' by D.F. Branagan and T.G. Valance, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 141, p. 1-31, 2008. This reprint contains transcripts of each of the above letters and memoranda

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