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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
28-Jun-2016
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Description:
Prisoner's Letters From Mudgee Goal, A group of (3) letters written on 'G.186' forms provided to prisoners periodically, depending on the relationship of the correspondent: 1885 (Jan.) letter from Thomas Lambert to his mother, 1896 (April) letter from Mary Mason to her mother, 1900 (June) letter from Mary Mason to her mother., Letters from female prisoners are particularly rare. In her earlier letter, Mary Mason reports that she has only a little over a month to serve 'then I will come home to live with you for ever...' In her later letter she reports that 'my trial is on the 25 of July'.,
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Category:
Unclassified