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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
- E - Estate records - 1380-1940
  - B - Surrey and Kent Estates
    - 33 - Records of the Groombridge family

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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

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
Australia
Tasmania

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