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John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

Full title: John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

Author/creator: Prout, John Skinner, 1805-1876, Rae, John, 1813-1900.

Date: 1840-1854.

Call Numbers: MLMSS 6998

Record Identifier: YRlZ8lVn

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Formats: Manuscripts

Contents: 1 box - 0.1 Meters, Textual Records - (manuscript)

Publishers:

Notes: The letterbook is inscribed inside the front cover: 'John Rae accountant Sydney 1840'. Some pages have been removed, and references to the missing letters have been removed from the index.

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MMS ID: 110314589

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    John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

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    John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

    Full title

    John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

    Author / Creator

    Rae, John, 1813-1900

    Date

    1840-1854

    Call Numbers

    MLMSS 6998

    Record Identifier

    YRlZ8lVn

    Formats

    Manuscripts

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 box - 0.1 Meters

    Textual Records - (manuscript)

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

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    Issue Copy

    Microfilm : CY 4131, frames 1-761 (MLMSS 6998)

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Artists, Australian--19th century Civil servants--New South Wales Photographers--New South Wales Poets, Australian--19th century Sydney (N.S.W.)--Economic conditions--1788-1851 Sydney (N.S.W.)--Economic conditions--1851-1891 Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1788-1851 Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1851-1891 Sydney (N.S.W.) Council--Officials and employees Town clerks--New South Wales--Sydney Hilton (Darlinghurst, N.S.W.)

    More information

    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    A copy press letterbook containing copies of letters sent by John Rae, 16 May 1840-20 July 1854. Most of the letters are addressed to his parents and brothers and sisters in Aberdeen, Scotland. In these letters Rae writes about his personal affairs, his lectures at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, his experiments with various photographic tec...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    John Rae - Letterbook, 1840-1854

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    General note

    The letterbook is inscribed inside the front cover: 'John Rae accountant Sydney 1840'. Some pages have been removed, and references to the missing letters have been removed from the index.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Acquired from Hordern House in 2000

    Administrative / Biographical history

    John Rae (1813-1900), public servant, author, artist and photographer, was born in Aberdeen in 1813. After an early career in the law, he came to Australia in 1839 as secretary and accountant to the North British Australasian Loan and Investment Company. In 1843 Rae became the first full-time town clerk of Sydney, a position he held until 1857. Fro...

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    MLMSS 6998

    Record Identifier

    YRlZ8lVn

    Permalink

    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZ8lVn

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    404539

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