Guide to the Letter books of Thomas Tourle
MS 18
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Tourle, Thomas
- Title
- Letter books of Thomas Tourle
- Date Range
- 1839-1845
- Collection Number
- MS 18
- Extent
- 0.03 metres (4 folios)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
43 letters, 27 May 1839 to 8 July 1845, from Thomas Tourle to his family in England. They cover the voyage out from Plymouth to Sydney, Tourle's travels around N.S.W. looking for suitable land, his comments on the colony's social and business life and his settling at New England in 1841.