• Title
  Henry Fricker - letter received from Mary Johnson, 21 Dec 1795
• Creator
  Henry Fricker
• Call number
  MLMSS 6722 (Safe 1/192)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1795
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  402336
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 4036 (frames 44 - 52)
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Mary Johnson (nee Burton) was the wife of the Rev Richard Johnson, the first chaplain to the colony of New South Wales. They came to NSW with the First Fleet and returned to England in 1800. Henry Fricker of Portsmouth, England, was a friend of the Johnson family.
• Scope and Content
  Autograph letter signed by Mary Johnson, Port Jackson, 21 Dec 1795. The envelope is annotated 'came to hand Janry 17th 1797'. The letter refers to the morality of the convicts and gives the writer's opinion of recently appointed Governor John Hunter. She mentions the Aboriginal girl known as Booron or Abaroo, who lived with them for a time, and Bennelong, as well as her children Henry and Milbah. ;
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a135.html
• General note
  
  Letters received by Henry Fricker from the Rev Richard Johnson, 1787-1797, are held at Safe 1/121 (microfilm CY 1397)
  Digital order no: Album ID : 823574
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Johnson, Mary, d. 1831
  
• Name
  Bennelong, approximately 1764-1813
  Booron
  Hunter, John, 1737-1821
  
• Subject
  Church of England--New South Wales--Clergy.
  Convicts--New South Wales.
  New South Wales--Social life and customs--1788-1851.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1087847

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