Correspondence [manuscript]. 1842-1892.

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Correspondence [manuscript]. 1842-1892.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225825739

Correspondence mostly relating to family matters, with many references to Mary Vidal's ill health and some mention of her time in Australia. Correspondents include Mary Vidal, Theresa Furse Johnson (mother), Charles William Johnson (father), Charles Wellington Johnson Furse (brother), Sarah Johnson and Ellen Johnson Deane.

8 cm. (4 folders)

Libraries Australia

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Libraries Australia

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Cory, William Johnson, 1823-1892

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William Johnson, younger brother of Australian novelist Mary Theresa Vidal (Mrs Francis Vidal), married Rosa Caroline Guille. Johnson was in college at Eton, 1832-1842; a scholar of King's College, Cambridge, 1842-1845; and then an Eton master from 1845 to Easter 1872. Johnson changed his name to Cory in October 1872 and then lived in Madeira, and later in London. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. 1842-1892. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825739 ...

Vidal, Francis, Mrs, 1815-1873

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Writer. Mary Theresa Vidal published as Mrs Francis Vidal. Tales for the Bush, published in 1845, was the first collection of short stories to be published in Australia. From the description of Autograph manuscript of Tales for the bush, 1844 [manuscript]. 1844. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225105775 Writer. Mary Theresa Vidal sailed for Australia with her husband in 1839; she returned to England in ca. 1844. Her published works include "Tales for the bush" (18...