Dear List Members My apologies for the cross posting but I am casting a wide net looking for US based information re Townsend Duryea. Townsend arrived in New South Wales apparently in 1855 before moving onto South Australia and opening his Daguerreotype Studio in March 1855. He went onto be an important South Australian photographer (see http://www.fusion.com.au/duryea/ ) despite the destruction by fire of his studio in April 1875. It seems that before leaving New York for Australia he was involved in Photography having applied for a patent: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/patents/Patents1850-1854.htm 9018 Townsend Duryea, Williamsburg, Kings Co., machine for polishing daguerreotype-plates, 6/15/1852 Townsend (born 1823) and his Brother Sanford (father's name Hewlett) both worked as photographers in South Australia. Townsend apparently married three times, (1) was to a Madalina who was apparently the mother of Townsend Jnr and (2) was to Elizabeth Mary (or Murray) Smith. I can find no record of these marriages or Townsend Jnr's birth in South Australia, Victoria or Tasmania - the states where apparently Townsend lived and worked. Other secondary source biographical material I have says Townsend was a Unitarian. Given that New York resources tend to be scarce down here in the very deep South, I would be very appreciative if anyone can provide ANY additional information re Townsend Duryea, his family, education or work in New York prior to coming to South Australia. Regards Jenny Jenny Scott Collection Specialist - South Australiana State Library of South Australia +61 8 8207-7344 0417-899-967 GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001 [log in to unmask] www.slsa.sa.gov.au The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential, and may also be the subject of privilege or public interest immunity. This e-mail and any attached files should be scanned to detect viruses and no liability for loss or damage resulting from the use of any attached files is accepted. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or reproduction of this document is unauthorised. If you have received this e-mail in error please telephone +61 8 8207 7344. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>