Letterbook of John Wilson (83 pp.), April 1823-December 1824
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Letters written in Sydney by John Wilson to his brother Captain William Wilson (Hobart), his parents John and Barbara Wilson (Banff, Scotland), his sister Jane Wilson (Banff), Rev. William Allardyce (Banff), William Allardyce (Hobart), J. Ogilvie (Hobart) and Walter Bethune (Hobart). They refer to the departure of Captain Wilson from Sydney, shipping arrivals and departures, the weather, financial transactions, the shipment of wheat, requests for clothes and other items, Wilson's employment in the Commissariat Department in Sydney and his relations with William Wemyss, the deputy commissary general, economic conditions in Sydney, convict society, dances, the discoveries of John Oxley at Moreton Bay, mutual friends, family news, the marriage of Jane Wilson, and Captain Wilson's return to Hobart (August 1824).
The final three letters in the book were written in Sydney in December 1824 by Captain William Wilson to his father, John Price Co. (London) and James Love (Tooting, Surrey). They deal with the voyage of the Devoren from England, the loss of the ship's foremast, future movements and the possible sale of the ship, financial transactions, the possible transfer of John Wilson to the Commissariat in Hobart, William Wilson's visit to Van Diemen's Land and his engagement to Grace Lord.
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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