Series:
Reverend William Nicholson'S Correspondence from Hobart Town to the Uk
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
08 Feb 1856
End Date:
12 Jan 1889
Creating Agency:
| Reverend William M Nicholson (NG2450) | 01 Jan 1796 | 01 Jan 1890 |
Series notes:
Charming, chatty, informative and erudite family letters which well represent the art of letter-writing. The Reverend Nicholson was aged 61 in the first letter and 94 by the last.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
x16 original individual letters chronologically arranged and one unidentified photograph that accompanied the letters.
Information Sources:
The depositor describes the provenance of the letters as 'belonging to a friend of mine (Barbara Miller) who looked after an old lady for more than 30 years and was left her house when she died. When she was clearing the house she found a small box with these letters and decided to keep them.' The name of 'the old lady' was 'Miss Lorraine Cromarty, 3 Heron Road, Meols, Wirral, Merseyside, UK.' indicating a link with the married name of the Rev Nicholson's niece Agnes (Mrs John Cromarty) to whom most of the letters are written.
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