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Title
John Glasson correspondence, 1828-1862, with foreword about the Glasson family by Olive M. E. Phillips, 1935
Creator
Glasson family
Call number
MLMSS 366
Level of description
fonds
Date

1828-1935
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
918387
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV / FM3 / 240
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material - photocopy of typescript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

John Glasson emigrated to Australia , 1829 and obtained property near Bathurst, N.S.W., 1830. About 1857 he and his family settled in New Zealand. Olive M. E. Phillips was his granddaughter
Scope and Content
Include correspondence mainly between John Glasson and his parents, in which he describes pastoral conditions in New South Wales, and information on the raising of cattle, sheep and wheat-farming.
Originals are at MLMSS 1897
Copies of five letters not in MLMSS 1897 are included
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-423 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Keyword subject:
Wheat farmers -- New South Wales -- Bathurst -- Correspondence -- 19th century
Agriculture -- New South Wales -- Bathurst
Creator/Author/Artist
Glasson, John, active 1828-1851
Phillips, Olive M. E.
Subject
Sheep ranchers--New South Wales--Correspondence.
Farmers--New South Wales--Bathurst.
Farmers--New South Wales--Correspondence--19th century.
Ranches--New South Wales.
Place
Bathurst (N.S.W.)
New Zealand

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