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FITZSYMONDS, EUSTACE. - Mortmain. A collection of choice Petitions, Memorials and Letters of protest and request from the convict colony of Van Diemen's Land; written by Divers Persons, both eminent and lowly, and collected and transcribed from the originals by Eustace FitzSymonds, with numerous pages of the Manuscripts shewn in facsimile.

Title: Mortmain. A collection of choice Petitions, Memorials and Letters of protest and request from the convict colony of Van Diemen's Land; written by Divers Persons, both eminent and lowly, and collected and transcribed from the originals by Eustace FitzSymonds, with numerous pages of the Manuscripts shewn in facsimile.
Description: Limited Edition; Small Folio; pp. xvi, 262; facsimile frontispiece, numerous pages of manuscript illustrated in facsimile; dustjacket, a fine copy. Hobart; Sullivan's Cove; 1977. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. More than 150 facsimiles of documents authors of recipients of include John Batman, James Bonwick, William Buckley, John Franklin, John Wedge, Colonel Arthur, John Pascoe Fawkner, George Augustus Robinson, Henry Melville [Shared a cell with Pierce the man-eater but complained of bugs], and Esther Solomon.

Keywords: Tasmania Australian Local History

Price: AUD 50.00 = appr. US$ 34.59 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 123715