Item 4 - Abraham Davy - letter to Francis Cotton

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC J5-4

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Abraham Davy - letter to Francis Cotton

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  • 1844 (Creation)

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(1794-1887)

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Thomas Judd (1794-1887) and his family came to Tasmania (V.D.L.) in 1842. One of his daughters, Ann (1825-1879), married William Barnett and their son, Alfred Henry Barnett, married Elizabeth Georgina Propsting, whose daughter, Grace Hannah Barnett, married Sydney Beecham Brownell, grandson of Thomas Coke Brownell.

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(1800-1871)

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Thomas Coke Brownell (1800-1871) came to Tasmania in 1829 as surgeon on the "Tranby" and became medical officer at Port Arthur and other convict settlements. He had a wife Elizabeth and eleven children. For more information see Courtney, Katherine Coffield 1995 , 'Thomas Coke Brownell : a humanitarian colonial', Research Master thesis, University of Tasmania. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19634/

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Deposited by Mrs N. Hewitt 1970,1971,1980 additonal items deposited by Pat Hewitt 1993

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Letter to Francis Cotton from Abraham Davy dated 7 November 1844. Davy remembered his visit to the Cottons and the Cottons visit to NSW. He also mentioned his family - Helen making progress at school, Meetings, Quakers Ruth Allen and J.P. Robinson, plainness of speech, T. Pollard's children, second marriage.

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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

When reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

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HE May 2018

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