Letters from Elizabeth Leake to her husband John, Van Diemen's Land 1851-1852

Abstract

Correspondence from Elizabeth Leake to her husband John, mainly about the farm, business, servants, family, neighbours and church. Notes were added to Mrs. Leake's letters by sons William Bell and Charles and daughter Sarah. John Leake (1780-1865) of Rosedale, near Campbell Town was a pastoralist, Justice of the Peace, member of the Legislative Council and former merchant of Hull and Hambury, who settled with his family near Campbell Town in 1823. L1/B 12,14,15,16,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29(1,2)