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
Period of reference: 1840 – 1840
Link: https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/148085
Series number: 148085
Item number: 95/66/1 1840
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Copyright for the above image is held by MAAS and may be subject to third-party copyright restrictions.
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