Letter [manuscript] : Newcastle-upon-Tyne to F.W.L. Leichhardt, Sydney 1843 Apr. 1
- Bib ID:
- 3025314
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Nicholson, William Alleyne
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1843 Apr. 1
- 6 p.
- Summary:
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The letter describes the intruments and journals Nicholson is packing for Leichhardt, requesting him to send geological and botanical specimens.
- Biography/History:
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F. W. L. Leichhardt, explorer, was born in Prussia. He emigrated to Sydney in 1842 and the following year embarked on the first of a series of explorations into Northern New South Wales and Queensland. In 1848 during his expedition to cross the continent from Brisbane to Perth he was lost without trace. W. A.
W. A. Nicholson met Leichhardt at Berlin in 1834 and took the place of Liechhardt's recently deceased aunt as patron and supplier of funds for study. Nicholson eventually became Leichhardt's European agent.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 2488.
- Location of original unknown.
- Typescript in Mitchell Library, Sydney, in the Larcombe collection.
- Reproduction:
- Manuscript copy.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1943
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848
- Copyright:
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- Since 1918 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1848
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1843
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