Reference to index of the correspondence, diaries and miscellaneous personal papers of George Washington Walker (1800-1859)

George Washington Walker (1800 – 1859) was the twenty-first child of John, a Unitarian saddle maker who worked in Paris. After the death of his mother, Elizabeth, young George was sent to Newcastle so that his grandmother could raise him. He was apprenticed to a Quaker linen draper, whom he admired so much that he adopted the faith. In 1831, when Walker left for Australia and South Africa as a companion to James Backhouse on his voyage to the colonies, he planned to return to England but in 1834 decided to settle in Hobart after meeting Sarah Benson Mather, who married him in 1840. Walker ran a successful drapery business where he opened a savings bank to encourage people to save. His social concerns included temperance, education, penal reform, destitute women, and the treatment of the Aborigines. Sources: Australian Dictionary of Biography; Companion to Tasmanian History. From the Walker Family Papers - W9/

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Letter from G[eorge] W[ashington] Woodruff to John Muir, 1907 Sep 28.

A. L. M. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON. September 28, 1907.Mr. John Muir,President Sierra Club, 2901 Channing Way, Berkeley, California.Sir:I am in receipt of the Resolution adopted by the directors of the Sierra Club, protesting against the use of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, in the Yosemite National Park, as a reservoir site, and praying that the application of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the matter, be denied, and in response thereto, I have to state, that the protest will receive due consideration.Very respeotfully,[illegible]Acting Secretary.C.C.P & R.03932C.C.P & R

2023 Medical Student Research Day Abstracts

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