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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/F/8557
TitleThomas Buxton from Tasmania: none of the oats which Sir Henry sent out have grown; is beginning to surmount the difficulties of starting a new farm; they live on the coast, 80 miles from Hobart by road, and 120 miles by water; all supplies have to be brought by sea; cultivation is carried out with the assistance of convicts; he is compelled to take one man for every 100 acres; comments on his crops, yields, prices, and stock; lists items he would like sent out
Date10 Apr 1826
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
TermColonialism
British Empire
Letters (documents)
Migrants
Emigration
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Australia 
Tasmania 
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