432466
- TitleDavid A. Beath - Letters, 1842-1853
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- Call numberAb 225
MLDOC 53 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1842-1853 - Type of material
- Reference code432466
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : M 394
- Physical Description2 folders of textual material
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Scottish emigrant to Victoria. By 1862 he had become a partner in a warehousing and clothing firm in Melbourne, which was still operating in 1927 as Beath, Schiess & Co - Scope and ContentThree Letters from Beath to his father from Melbourne, Moonee Ponds and outside Geelong describing life in the colony. They contain family news as well as descriptions of his farm and stock, records of the prices of food and other commodities, land sales, effects of the gold rush and discussion of a recently built foundry and flour mills
Ab 225
Letter from D. Beath, Melbourne, to David Beath, Glasgow, 15 Aug. 1842
Letter from David A. Beath, Melbourne, to David Beath, Glasgow, 30 Jul. 1846
MLDOC 53
Letter from David A. Beath, Melbourne, to his father, 28 Nov. 1853 [incomplete] - General note
Microfilm filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series] 2nd ed., Entry 9, p. 19
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M394 - Creator/Author/Artist
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