Letter from James Butchart to George Butchart, December 10, 1843

Name: Letter from James Butchart to George Butchart, December 10, 1843
Author: James Butchart, fl. 1841-1853

written by James Butchart, fl. 1841-1853, in James Butchart Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives (10 December 1843) , 6 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: Shearing and shearers; wages; bush furniture; food; continuing insolvencies in town; methods of conducting money matters;. saved £49 in the last year (out of a wage of 50); mentions that they had thought of migrating to America; low cost of living in Victoria - prices of meat, wheat, tea and sugar; visit of Sir John and Lady Franklin to the property.
Field of Interest: World History
Author: James Butchart, fl. 1841-1853
Content Type: Letter
Duration: 0 sec
Format: Text
Page Count: 6
Subject: World History, History, Trade and Commerce, Migration and Diaspora, Imperialism and Colonialism, Domestic life, Money, Wages and salaries, Frontier and pioneer life, Prices, Sheep shearing, Trade and Commerce, Migration and Diaspora, Imperialism and Colonialism, Comercio, Comércio, Migración y Diáspora, Migração e Diáspora, Imperialismo e Colonialismo, Imperialismo y Colonialismo, George Butchart, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Comercio, Comércio, Migración y Diáspora, Migração e Diáspora, Imperialismo e Colonialismo, Imperialismo y Colonialismo