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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
- F - Family records
  - D - General correspondence
    - 4 - Nineteenth-century correspondence

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/F/8557
Title	Thomas 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
Date	10 Apr 1826
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Term	Colonialism
	British Empire
	Letters (documents)
	Migrants
	Emigration

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Australia
Tasmania

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