Unofficial letters from Henry and Frank Rymill to John Graham, 1858-1866

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The letters from Louisa Graham's brothers in Adelaide deal with John Graham's business interests in South Australia, the Burra Mines, shares, dividends, financial transactions, copper prices, mineral discoveries, the Wallaroo mines, Henry Rymill's relations with Henry Ayers, the possibility of the Rymills taking over Graham's agency, Henry Rymill's marriage to Lucy Baker (1861), building plans, Frank Rymill's visit to England (1864), the death of their father Robert Rymill (1862), news of Graham's acquaintances in Adelaide, letters received from Louisa Graham and the travels of John and Louisa Graham in Europe. There are references to the Ayers and Baker families, Capt. Walter Hughes, John Morphett, Henry Roach and Sir Dominick Daly, the Governor of South Australia. Most of the letters were written by Henry Rymill.

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