Letters and monograph 1813-1840 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 801495
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Gunn, Ronald Campbell, 1808-81
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1813-1840
- 2 v. with 2 letters enclosed.
- Summary:
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William Jackson Hooker's "Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809", London 1813, 2 v. with Gunn's armorial bookplate, inscribed in ink to Ronald C. Gunn by the author, together with two letters attached to the back cover, vol. 1. - Letter to Ronald Gunn from Hooker, Glasgow 2 December 1833, inquiring about convict Jorgen Jorgenson who was Hooker's assistant on his tour of Iceland; Letter to John Price, then muster master of convicts and assistant police magistrate in Van Diemen's Land, from Jorgenson requesting help with his wife, ex convict Norah Corbett, 25 March 1840.
- Biography/History:
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Botanist, public servant and politician. Gunn arrived in Hobart in 1830. He worked first at Launceston as Assistant Superintendent of Convicts, and later as a police magistrate and secretary to Sir John Franklin. In 1855 he was elected first to the Legislative Council and finally to the House of Assembly, from which he retired in 1860. He became a plant collector for W. J. Hooker of Glasgow. See ADB v.1: 492-3
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference: NLA MS 5831.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1813-1840
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865
- Also Titled:
- Journal of a tour in Iceland, in the summer of 1809
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1978 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1908
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1840
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