Lot #327 - FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE: May 14-16, 1789
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian History
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Sale Date:30 May 2017 ~ 10am - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406
30 May 2017 ~ 2.30pm - Session 2: Lots 407 - 715 -
Lot #:327
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Lot Description:FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE: May 14-16, 1789
This edition includes an “Extract of a Letter from an Officer of Marines at New South Wales, to a Gentleman in Town. Dated, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Nov. 16, 1788.” and provides some details of the first several months in the colony, with particular emphasis on “the vicissitudes and rapid changes of climate that we experience.......It was natural enough to expect that inflammatory disorders would have been the consequence of this excessive alteration; but nothing of the sort happened, and we continue as healthy as any people in the universe.” -
Estimate:A$750 - 1,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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