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Abstract

A letter from Dr George Fordyce Story to Joseph Benson Mather, Kelvedon 13 July 1850. Story writes about the Cotton family, and the unfortunate case of 'Poole', who was being trialed for the killing of two bullocks. Story also writes about the 'Schoutens' (Schouten Island) and the large quantity of bone that could be 'procured from beneath the sand' there (presumable whale bone from previous hunts). From the Robey and Mather Papers R7/95

Item Type:	Other
Authors/Creators:	Story, George Fordyce
Keywords:	GF Story, George Fordyce Story, Joseph Benson Mather, Esther Mather, friends, family, community, correspondence, letters, social history, Poole, crime, trial, killing livestock, Cotton family, court of requests, Ellen Buxton, Agnes Poole, Swan River, property, Kelvedon, Swansea, Swan Port, East Coast, Tasmania, Tas, Schouten Island, bones, provisions, William Peacock, whaling, Schoutens
Publisher:	University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection
Collections:	Quaker Collection Dr GF Story Collection
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