MS 218
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Hampton, Thomas
- Title
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Letters
- Date Range
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1853-1880
- Collection Number
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MS 218
- Extent
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0.03 metres (1 folder)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Fifteen autographed signed letters written by Hampton from the Victorian goldfields, 1853-1880. They deal mainly with the technicalities of alluvial mining.
Item Descriptions
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 17 April 1857 (Item 1)
Written from Kingower. Written on back page of The News Letter of Australasia, or Narrative of Events: A Letter to Send to Friends, Number IX, March 1857.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 12 August 1853 (Item 2)
Written from Maryborough.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 8 January 1855 (Item 3)
Written from Simpson Ranges.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 8 July 1856 (Item 4)
Written from Adelaide Lead.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 24 November 1856 (Item 5)
Written from Alma Diggings.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 6 June 1858 (Item 6)
Written from Mount Ararat.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 21 January 1859 (Item 7)
Written from New Canton Lead, Ararat.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 14 June? 1859 (Item 8)
Written from Ararat.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 15 June 1860 (Item 9)
Written from Inglewood.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 21 September 1861 (Item 10)
Written from Burks Flat.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 20 May 1862 (Item 11)
Written from Carisbrook.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 20 May 1872 (Item 12)
Written from Carisbrook.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 26 February 1873 (Item 13)
Written from Carisbrook.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, 6 October 1874 (Item 14)
Written from Carisbrook.
Letter from Thomas Hampton to his brother, n.d (Item 16)
Written from Tarrangower Diggings.
Note written on October 4th 8153, 4 October 1853 (Item 17)
Note regaring a letter that had been sent to Forest Creek and to Boyce and a pacakge.
Note addressed to the executors of the late William Hampton, to Mrst Carter, October 1880 (Item 18)
A bill for attending to and nursing the late Mr Hampton.
