Letter from Sydney to London from the 19th century

Title	Letter from Sydney to London from the 19th century
Subject	Business records Australian letter Sydney (N.S.W.) Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement
Current holder	Powerhouse Museum
Date	1840
Link	https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/148085
Series number	148085
Item number	95/66/1 1840
Access rights	Request at location
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Country of origin	Australia
Place	Sydney
Language	Portuguese
Description from source	Width 83 mm Letter, Sydney to London, paper, maker unknown, Australia, 1840. Single sheet of white paper folded in two, inscribed in black ink on first two pages, whole folded into envelope size and originally sealed with red wax. Letter from Sydney to London written in Portuguese apparently of a commercial nature. Front of folded letter: addressed to: 'Mrss Frederic Ha...h & Co/London. Stamped 'PAID SHIP LETTER SYDNEY/JA 9/1840'. Reverse: '1840/T.A. Curtons/Sidney...' Stamped: 'Ju11/1840...'
Physical format	Letters