Letter Phillip Mulhausen 23 March 1855

Letter dated 23 March 1855

Notes

1. Scan of original and a scan of an English translation (cursive).  Original held by Eric Streitberg in WA (I think).

2. Thanks to Dossie Shearman who provided these copies. 

3. George Linda is mentioned in the 1858 letter as location unknown.

4. It is a bit after this but Streitberger G, Snowy River; is mentioned in the General Post Office, Sydney, 15th August, 1860. (No. 16.) List of letters returned from the country and now lying at this office unclaimed (see Trove NSW Gazette)

5. A Mulhauser P, is mentioned in the General Post Office, Sydney, 23 May 1856. (No. 16.) List of letters returned from the country and now lying at this office unclaimed (see Trove NSW Gazette)

5. I've typed the English translation below.

 

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Sydney 23 March 1855

Most esteemed friend,

We have received your letter of the 5th of March and were delighted to hear from you.  We have a letter from your friend George Linda and replied immediately to tell him he should come but have not yet had a reply.

We don't know exactly where he is.  He wrote to us a letter but without any return address. Everyone knows you should put your address at the bottom of your letter but he didn't. So we don't know if we have the right address and if he got our letter.

I wrote and told him he should come to Sydney. We told him we'd send him the money to come as he was broke. He should write and tell us how much extra he needs to make up the money for his fare.

If he'd written and told me he wanted to go to Melbourne I would have picked him up right away.

I don't know why he wants to go to Melbourne. It is not much fun at all. The prices are very high and the wages are very low. I prefer Sydney to Melbourne any day. The working classes have gone to pot but I still prefer Sydney to Melbourne. If only you could go and fetch George Linda to Sydney.

[lines missing where it was Xeroxed (photocopied)]

He'll write and let you know when he is coming to visit. In his letter he gives the address from your letter.

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It is George Michael Linda

3 Old (illegible)? Hausal ?

(Probably) Walhalla from  Mr Hughes

We don't think this can be very far from Melbourne. Can you perhaps go and find him and come with him to Sydney. The travel to Mt Holt in Newtown.

Go to the farm neat Mt Holt and the man will put you right. He speaks very good German.

When you come from Sydney go to Deer drive(?) Flats then ask for Mt Holt. Any child will tell you where it is.

There is nothing now to tell you. We are looking forward to seeing you.  We are all well and hope we'll see each other in good health and spirits.

Philip Mulhausen

Mt Holt Newtown.