• Title
  Letter from Mary Reibey to her cousin Alice Hope, 12 August 1818
• Creator
  Alice Hope, 1790-1854
• Call number
  SAFE/MLMSS 4534 (Safe 1/210)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  12 August 1818
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  457016
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.01 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.
• Scope and Content
  Autograph letter signed by Mary Reibey, written from Sydney. She writes about her family, business interests, conditions in Sydney, and her preparations for a visit to England. Includes a typed transcription of the letter.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Microfilm : CY 960, frames 91 - 102
  Digital order no:Album ID : 888095
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Reibey, Mary, 1777-1855
  
• Subject
  Businesswomen--New South Wales.
  Convicts--New South Wales--Correspondence.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1157709

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