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958900
  • Title
    Autograph letters (2) signed by James Alexander Louis Manning, to Mordaunt Clarke, relating to support for Manning's scheme for the water supply for Sydney, 4 June and 15 October 1879
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DLDOC 133
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    4 June 1879, 15 October 1879
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    958900
  • Physical Description
    1 folder of textual material (8 p.) - manuscript
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    James Manning, 1814-1887, a pastoralist and member of the Royal Society of New South Wales , was an enthusiastic innovator and experimenter. He tried, unsuccessfully, for three years to promote his plans for a water supply by gravitation for Sydney. Mordaunt Clarke was the son of the geologist, Reverend W.B. Clarke.
  • Description source

    Compiled from the Manuscripts DLDOCs as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
  • General note

    Transferred from DLMS 87/309 to DLDOCs
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