- AU TAS UTAS SPARC M13-1
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- 1855
Part of William Knibb Morris Collection
Letters from William Knibb Morris to his mother dated 1855. Description of embarkation at Liverpool on the "Boomerang", signing bounty tickets, etc. (incomplete letter, undated c Jan. 1855); part of letter describing voyage from Melbourne to Hobart in screw steamer "City of Hobart" and arrival, met by James and Isaac Cash "dressed in colonial style with large slouching white felt hats", James had only one child James William "a most beautiful little chap just running alone", another expected, landed on Queen's birthday - kept as strict holiday, rumours of Mr Bryan drinking false, Mr Freer proprietor of low theatre [25 May 1855]; Hobart: business depressed but father got job immediately with R.A. Mather, W.K.M. working for ironmonger Mr Marsh, serving in shop and keeping books, went to live with James and Mr Bryant but James charged 18s for lodging, not paid Mather for tickets but "James thinks he would not take it", Jim had daughter born last Friday [ie 13 July 1855] (16 July 1855); sorry to hear brother Tom had smallpox, sending money, kindness of employer, gathering "beautiful yellow flower of the wattle tree", father and James had built little shop in backyard to work at shoemaking - at work on pair of wellingtons (9 September 1855).
William Knibb Morris