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2-103 (Text)

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author,female,Bussell, Frances Louisa,un addressee,family

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Letter

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2-103 (Text), Text 2-103 (Raw), Raw 2-103 (Original), Original

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149

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2-103 (Text), Text

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Private Written

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Private Correspondence

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http://dbpedia.org/resource/Western_Australia

Created:

1834

Identifier

2-103

part of:

Corpus of Oz Early English

Source

Clarke, 1992

pages

221-223
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808

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2-103-plain.txt

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2-103#Text

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Text

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Friday January 31 1834
I ought to have commenced my journal with the new year you will all of you say in England but it so happens that as I was anxious to write several letters I made a "vow" I would not begin a diary until the second visit of the Ellen had relieved me from my most urgent correspondents. My desk is once more clear of the letters which had engrossed me during the absence of our little schooner and I find myself at liberty to return to my favourite method of communication with the beloved friends who will not find one line superfluous...
On Saturday the Caroline a small cutter belonging to Mr McDermott arrived with Mr Turner the sole passenger, he brought another letter from Mamma which I read aloud to poor old Phoebe and Bessey I will not say with what sensations. Come by

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