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Title
Thomas Palmer - papers, 1813-1874
Call number
MLMSS 6529
Level of description
fonds
Date

1813-1874
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
153493
Physical Description
1 box - 0.13 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Thomas Palmer appears to have been a clergyman, or at least a man of strong religious convictions, who came out from England in the 1850s. His correspondence indicates that he was a supplier of hymn books and other Christian publications.
Scope and Content
1813, 1818, 1836-38, 1844, 1847-49, 1851, 1874; Diaries. All but the first and last diaries are written in shorthand.
1818-19, 1830-39, 1842, 1868-69; Cash books.
1853-1870, undated; Correspondence. Letters received from the Sunday School Union in London as well as from family and friends.
1868, undated; Miscellaneous papers including 'Notes by T. Palmer on Mesmerism, Sydney May 13 1868'; notes on 'Land Rights'.
1814; 'The psalms of David...' by L. Watts, D.D. Inscribed by Thomas Palmer.
Name
Sunday School Union (London, England)
Subject
Booksellers and bookselling--New South Wales--Sydney.
Diaries.
Land tenure--Australia.
New South Wales--Social life and customs--1851-1891.

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