Author: Joanna Vink
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN: 0987346385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
MY DEAREST GENNIE is the story of the authors Great grandfather Staff Commander John (Jack) Thomas Ewing Gowlland R.N. (1838-1874) based on his naval logs1853-1874 and letters (1863-1874) to his wife Genevieve (nee Lord). Passing out of the Upper Naval School at Greenwich in 1853 aged 15, Jack served in the Baltic Blockade in the Crimean War and then on surveying duties in South America, British Columbia and The Ionian Islands before coming to Australia. He married Genevieve Lord who was the granddaughter of Simeon Lord, the “Merchant Prince of Botany Bay”, and daughter of Francis Lord M.L.C. Jack’s main contribution was his survey of the coast of NSW and the rivers up to the turn of tide. The NSW Government appointed him to lead the Solar Eclipse Expedition in 1871 and the mission to rescue the survivors of the Brig “Maria” in 1872. He was tragically drowned while completing the survey of Sydney Harbour when his boat was overturned off Dobroyd Head in August 1874. He was just 36.
My Dearest Gennie
Author: Joanna Vink
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN: 0987346385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
MY DEAREST GENNIE is the story of the authors Great grandfather Staff Commander John (Jack) Thomas Ewing Gowlland R.N. (1838-1874) based on his naval logs1853-1874 and letters (1863-1874) to his wife Genevieve (nee Lord). Passing out of the Upper Naval School at Greenwich in 1853 aged 15, Jack served in the Baltic Blockade in the Crimean War and then on surveying duties in South America, British Columbia and The Ionian Islands before coming to Australia. He married Genevieve Lord who was the granddaughter of Simeon Lord, the “Merchant Prince of Botany Bay”, and daughter of Francis Lord M.L.C. Jack’s main contribution was his survey of the coast of NSW and the rivers up to the turn of tide. The NSW Government appointed him to lead the Solar Eclipse Expedition in 1871 and the mission to rescue the survivors of the Brig “Maria” in 1872. He was tragically drowned while completing the survey of Sydney Harbour when his boat was overturned off Dobroyd Head in August 1874. He was just 36.
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN: 0987346385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
MY DEAREST GENNIE is the story of the authors Great grandfather Staff Commander John (Jack) Thomas Ewing Gowlland R.N. (1838-1874) based on his naval logs1853-1874 and letters (1863-1874) to his wife Genevieve (nee Lord). Passing out of the Upper Naval School at Greenwich in 1853 aged 15, Jack served in the Baltic Blockade in the Crimean War and then on surveying duties in South America, British Columbia and The Ionian Islands before coming to Australia. He married Genevieve Lord who was the granddaughter of Simeon Lord, the “Merchant Prince of Botany Bay”, and daughter of Francis Lord M.L.C. Jack’s main contribution was his survey of the coast of NSW and the rivers up to the turn of tide. The NSW Government appointed him to lead the Solar Eclipse Expedition in 1871 and the mission to rescue the survivors of the Brig “Maria” in 1872. He was tragically drowned while completing the survey of Sydney Harbour when his boat was overturned off Dobroyd Head in August 1874. He was just 36.
My Dear Jennie
Author: William Clark Corson
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Category : Love-letters
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Letters of William Clark Corson (1837-1895) to his fiancée, Jennie Hill Caldwell, whom he married after his service in the Confederate army. They subsequently lived in Cumberland County, Virginia.
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Category : Love-letters
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Letters of William Clark Corson (1837-1895) to his fiancée, Jennie Hill Caldwell, whom he married after his service in the Confederate army. They subsequently lived in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Jenny
Author: Sigrid Undset
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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The History of Jenny Spinner
Author: Elizabeth Maria James
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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The Roxburghe Ballads
Author: William Chappell
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Winchester, Virginia, and Its Beginnings, 1743-1814
Author: Katherine Glass Greene
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
From its founding by Colonel James Wood to the close of the life of his son, Brigadier-Gen. & Gov. James Wood, w/publication for the 1st time of valuable manuscripts, relics of their long tenure of public offices. V.g.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
From its founding by Colonel James Wood to the close of the life of his son, Brigadier-Gen. & Gov. James Wood, w/publication for the 1st time of valuable manuscripts, relics of their long tenure of public offices. V.g.
Century Readings for a Course in American Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Century Readings for a Course in American Literature
Author: Fred Lewis Pattee
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Eldergowan; Or Twelve Months of My Life: and Other Tales
Author: Rosa Mulholland Gilbert
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Representative Plays by American Dramatists
Author: Montrose Jonas Moses
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.