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Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
- Date
- [ca 1851], 1852
- By
- McLean, Susan Douglas, 1828-1852; Strang, Susan, 1799-1851; Wilson, Helen Ann, 1793?-1871
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0032-0828
- Description
The letters from Donald are written from Porirua Barracks, Otaki, Rangitikei, Waikanae, Wanganui and Taranaki. Susan's letters are addressed from Dalmuir Hill (her parent's home) and Wellington Terrace. Many letters are undated and were written prior to their marriage in Aug 1851.
Includes correspondence between Susan McLean and her mother Susan Strang (2 letters, undated); one letter from Helen Anne Wilson to Mrs McLean, 30 August 1852
Susan McLean died shortly after the birth of a son, Douglas on 8 November 1852. During most of her pregnancy Donald was absent from Wellington, returning in Sep 1852
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers / Series 9 Inwards family letters
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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