Robert Crawford (118p.), 1821-1823

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Letters from Robert on voyage to Sydney on Royal George and from Sydney; and from John Shaw (London) to Hugh Crawford.

Subjects include: the voyage; conditions on ship; Sir Thomas Brisbane plans to live at Parramatta; his lodgings in Pitt Street; impressions of Parramatta; prices; 'the natives of this colony are the most miserable of the human race'; religion; his appointment as assistant to Principal Clerk in Colonial Office; other government officials; his land grant; pays Atkinson £200 to resign his appointment as Principal Clerk in Colonial Office in Robert's favour; Brisbane rarely comes to Sydney from Parramatta.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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