Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1893 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 letter
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Leake (1780-1865) was born in Kent, U.K., in 1780, son of Robert and Sarah Leake. The family were merchants connected with the firm of Travis and Leake of Hull and John worked as a shipping and cargo agent, trading in various commodities between ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bequest of Dorothy Foster in 1964. Additional items given by J. Hudspeth in 1978
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated December 21, 1893 thanking her very much for the photograph and telling her about the grand fancy dress ball to be held in the Exhibition Building on the 4th of the New Year.
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Conditions governing access
May be consulted
Conditions governing reproduction
This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »
Finding aids
Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10860/
Dates of creation revision deletion
HE May 2018
Digital object metadata
Media type
Text
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application/pdf