Letters to Miss Donnithorne, Sydney, 1846-1864

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Correspondence from John Chalmers (London) to Eliza Donnithorne, July 1846 – Oct. 1864 concerning: her voyage to Sydney (1846); financial matters; bequests of her uncle Major William Bampton; hopes she and her father will return to England; marriage of her brother (1850); death of Rev. Thomas Bevan; death of James Donnithorne; management of his property; her trustees; her plans to return to England (1855); Eliza's continuing poor health; litigation begun by her brother (1859); investments; shares in railway companies; his meetings with Mrs Daws; sadness that Eliza is so far from family and friends; her brother Edward's substantial fortune; thanks for gifts.

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