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Letter, 1969 Mar 26 : Unley Park, SA, to Mr. G. Farmer.
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Letter, 1969 Mar 26 : Unley Park, SA, to Mr. G. Farmer.

  • F2636
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  • 1969

Includes 3 copies each of the following hymns (music and words) by Jas. Richards : 'Rapture', 'The King of Glory', 'Christians, awake', 'Hark! hark! what news the angels bring'.
Letter contains information on James Richards, a fiddler of Moonta; also how the hymn 'Rapture' was set to music by Maurice Paternoster, the organist at St. Augustine, Unley South Australia; how the tune used to be sung at funerals at Moonta.
Also contains information on poem by Shelley on p.17, 'To the late Charles Marguet' of Moonta, father of Claude Marguet, cartoonist to the Labor Party.

Perry, Edward Leighton