Letters of Archdeacon F.A. Marriott to his mother Selina Marriott, 1849-1853
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Mainly written in New Norfolk and Richmond, Van Diemen's Land.
They discuss his children and other family news, his health, horses, travels in the colony, a holiday at George Town, Bishop F.R. Nixon, divisions among the Tasmanian clergy, Rev. H.P. Fry, allegations of Romanism against some clergy, resolutions of the Protestant Association, defections to the Roman Catholic Church in England, inquiry into conduct of Rev. R. Wilson, reports of conditions on Victorian goldfields, relations with Wilmot Family, T. Reibey, decision to return to England in 1853, travel arrangements, dispute between Lady Franklin and Gell Family. It also includes a letter from Marriott to the bishop. (15 letters)
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