• Title
  Mary Reibey (Molly Haydock) letter to her aunt Penelope Hope, Sydney, 8 October 1792
• Creator
  Penelope Hope, 1754-1817
• Call number
  SAFE/MLMSS 5934 (Safe 1/155)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  8 October 1792
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  18892
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.05 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Mary Reibey (nee Haydock) arrived in Sydney from England in 1792 having been sentenced to seven years transportation for theft. In 1794 she married Thomas Reibey, a merchant and landholder. After his death in 1811 she became a prosperous businesswoman in her own right with interests in trading vessels and property. She died in 1855, a wealthy and respected member of colonial society.
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a142.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no: Album ID : 823612
  Microfilm copy available at CY 3181, frames 1-8.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Reibey, Mary, 1777-1855
  
• Name
  Royal Admiral (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Convicts--New South Wales.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Amaze Gallery, 6 October 2018-2019 - State Library of New South Wales
  Far Out Tours 2013 - State Library of New South Wales (July, 2013 - )
  Far Out Tours 2014 - State Library of New South Wales (February, 2014 - June, 2014)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE898507

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