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	Paper with a watermark “T Edmonds 1837”, a big sheet forming four pages, of which two are written on, the third remaining clear of writing and the fourth bearing the address. The note in Father Petit-Jean’s handwriting, written on the second page, after the English text of the letter, explains why this letter was sent to Father Colin. This document is accompanied by a page, made of “Bath” blue paper, the French version of the Therry letter, the text of which will be given below after the English text. For the date of the document, that of Therry’s letter has been taken. The author John Joseph Therry, a priest of Irish birth, carried out ministry in Australia from 1830 (cf O’Brien p22); the addressee, Jules Dumont d’Urville, a French navigator, undertook a voyage of exploration on the ''Astrolabe'' in 1826-27, calling at Port Jackson (Sydney) from 2nd till 19th December 1826 before going on the New Zealand. In September 1837 he undertook a second great voyage on the ''Astrolabe'', accompanied by the ''Zelée'', visiting the west coast of Australia in February-April 1839, calling at Hobart in December 1839, and after a return to the coast of Antarctica in February 1840, sailing on to New Zealand the following month and finally returning to Toulon on 6th September 1840 (cf Dunmore, vol 2, p; 180-184, 224, 342-343, 370-381).		Paper with a watermark “T Edmonds 1837”,<ref>Thomas Edmonds was a prominent paper manufacturer who operated the historic Rye Mill in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, during the early 19th century.</ref> a big sheet forming four pages, of which two are written on, the third remaining clear of writing and the fourth bearing the address. The note in Father Petit-Jean’s handwriting, written on the second page, after the English text of the letter, explains why this letter was sent to Father Colin. This document is accompanied by a page, made of “Bath” blue paper, the French version of the Therry letter, the text of which will be given below after the English text. For the date of the document, that of Therry’s letter has been taken. The author John Joseph Therry, a priest of Irish birth, carried out ministry in Australia from 1830 (cf O’Brien p22); the addressee, Jules Dumont d’Urville, a French navigator, undertook a voyage of exploration on the ''Astrolabe'' in 1826-27, calling at Port Jackson (Sydney) from 2nd till 19th December 1826 before going on the New Zealand. In September 1837 he undertook a second great voyage on the ''Astrolabe'', accompanied by the ''Zelée'', visiting the west coast of Australia in February-April 1839, calling at Hobart in December 1839, and after a return to the coast of Antarctica in February 1840, sailing on to New Zealand the following month and finally returning to Toulon on 6th September 1840 (cf Dunmore, vol 2, p; 180-184, 224, 342-343, 370-381).

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			=== Notes ===
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