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Correspondence of Jacob Bauer

Date
1850-08-04
Place
Melbourne
Adelaide
Palmerston
Metz
Brighton
London
Subject
Category
Author
Bauer, Jacob
Keywords
Observatory
Current holder
Series number
MS 14822
Item number
9924767943607636
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright or permission restrictions may apply.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1850 to 1865
Description from source
0.5 Linear meters. Original ms., printed and typescript.

Altogether 235 pages in 19th century German script.

Seventy autograph letters, signed by Jacob Bauer, from 4 August 1850 – 11 April 1865.
The collection includes 3 letters from Metz (4 August 1850 to 19 October 1850), 11 letters from Brighton (21 February 1852 to 26 April 1853), 6 letters from London (12 May 1853 to 6 July 1853), 1 letter from the ship “Rekrut” (10 July 1853), 46 letters from Melbourne (25 October 1853 to 20 February 1864), 2 letters from Adelaide (23 April 1864 and 27 October 1864), and 1 letter from Palmerston, Northern Territory (8 and 11 April 1865); an unsent letter from Susanna Schmahl, Bauer’s mother, dated 1 September 1863 to Jacob Bauer, his wife and son; a newspaper cutting dated 26 June 1859 of Bauer’s report from the Flagstaff Observatory. Also includes a typescript of the transcription of the letters and a partial translation into English.
Physical format
Letters
Typescripts
Newspapers
Correspondence
Bibliographic citation
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