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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/13670 |
| Title | Letter to Richard Groombridge blacksmith [for sending to England] from Van Dieman's Land [Tasmania] describing his life there: "tell all wild young men to mind what they are about ... for no one knows what people under goe as prisoners in this country ..." |
| Date | 26 Aug 1838 |
| Description | Describes life as a colonist. Includes references to whaling. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Format | Document |
| Term | Letters (documents) |
| Colonialism |
| British Empire |
| Migrants |
| Emigration |