422432
- TitleLetters from Joseph Mason and Robert Mason to Lydia Macartney, 1857-1865, with miscellaneous papers
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 2290
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1857-1865 - Type of material
- Reference code422432
- Issue CopyPhotocopy : Xerox copyflo at CY MLMSS 2290.
Microfilm : MLMSS 2290). - Physical Description1 folder of textual material
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Joseph Mason, ca. 1799-1863, and Robert Mason, born ca. 1808, were transported to New South Wales for their part in the English agricultural risings of 1830. Joseph Mason was granted a pardon in 1836 and returned to England. Robert was pardoned in 1837 and lived in Port Stephens, Dungog, and Brookfield before returning to England in 1864. His daughter, Lydia, settled in New Zealand after her marriage in 1861 - Scope and Contenta. Letters, 1857-1863, from Joseph Mason to Lydia Macartney. Includes also a letter to Robert Mason and some poems by Joseph Mason.
b. Letters, 1862-1865, from Robert Mason to Lydia Macartney
c. Fragments of documents relating to Joseph and Robert Mason and the cause of English farm-labourers in the 1830s. Handwritten copies, probably by Joseph Mason, accompanied by typescript transcripts of some parts of the documents - General note
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keyword subject:
Swing Riots, England, 1830-1831 - Creator/Author/Artist
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