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Letter from Sydney to London from the 19th century

SubjectBusiness records
Australian letter
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Correspondence
Category1. Settlement
Current HolderPowerhouse Museum
Period Of Reference 1840/1840
Series Number148085
Item Number95/66/1 1840
Access RightsRequest at location
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Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceSydney
Language Portuguese
Description From SourceWidth 83 mm Letter, Sydney to London, paper, maker unknown, Australia, 1840. Single sheet of white paper folded in two, inscribed in black ink on first two pages, whole folded into envelope size and originally sealed with red wax. Letter from Sydney to London written in Portuguese apparently of a commercial nature. Front of folded letter: addressed to: ‘Mrss Frederic Ha…h & Co/London. Stamped ‘PAID SHIP LETTER SYDNEY/JA 9/1840’. Reverse: ‘1840/T.A. Curtons/Sidney…’ Stamped: ‘Ju11/1840…’
Physical FormatLetters
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