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923865
  • Title
    Macquarie family bibles, 1762-1824
  • Creator
  • Call number
    B 1685/vols. 1-2
    B 1686/vols. 1-4
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1762-1824
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    923865
  • Physical Description
    6 volumes (13 boxes) of textual material
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    B 1685/vols. 1-2
    Bible originally belonging to Hector Macquarie. 2 volumes

    Inscription on flyleaf of vol. 1 says the Bible was handed to Lachlan Macquarie in Charleston, South Carolina. Inscription on opposite page gives date of birth of Lachlan Macquarie as 31 January 1762

    B 1686/vols. 1-2
    Holy Bible, 1803. 2 volumes
    Contains handwritten entries for marriage of Lachlan Macquarie and Elizabeth Campbell, the births of their two children, Jane Jarvis and Lachlan, the death of Lachlan Macquarie, the death of Elizabeth Macquarie, the marriage of Lachlan Macquarie and Isabella Campbell and the death of Lachlan Macquarie Jnr

    B 1686/vol. 3
    The book of Common Prayer, 1812, 1 volume
    Contains entries similar to those in the Holy Bible, 1803

    B 1686/vol. 4
    The book of Common Prayer. Prayers and Lessons. 1824. 1 volume. Inscribed 'To Lachlan Macquarie from Sir Charles Forbes'
  • Description source

    Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-32A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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