Papers, 1787-1824 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 647542
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Macquarie, Lachlan, 1761-1824
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
- 34 v.
- Summary:
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I. i. Journals kept in Great Britain, India, Egypt and New South Wales, 1787-1824, together with memoranda and selected letters. ii. Journals of tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1811-1822. II. Letter books, 1793-1810, 1822-1823. Copies of letters by Lachlan Macquarie in his own hand. Addressees include Earl Bathurst, William Bligh, Viscount Castlereagh, George Jarvis, Charles Macquarie and Elizabeth Macquarie. III. Commission as Governor of N.S.W., 1809. IV. Address presented to Lachlan Macquarie by the Inhabitants of N.S.W., 1821. V. "Remarks on the Country between Bathurst and Lake George ..." by John Oxley, 1820. "Narrative of a Voyage from N.S.W. in 1812-1813" by Lieut. Richard Lundin.
- Full contents:
- 1. Journals 1787-1801 (ML A768-769). 2. Journals 1799-1807 (ML A769A-771). 3. Diary, 1808-9, 1816-18; Journal, 1818-22 (ML A772-774). 4. Journals, diaries 1810-1812, 1822-1824 (ML A775-778). 5. Journals re tours, 1815-1822 (ML A779-786). 6. Letterbooks, 1793-1797 (ML A787-789). 7. Letterbooks, 1797-1807 (ML A790-793). 8. Letterbooks, 1807-1810 and other papers, c. 1812-1821 (ML A795-802).
- Biography/History:
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Lachlan Macquarie was born in 1762 on Ulva in the Scottish Hebrides. He joined the British Army in 1776 and served in Canada, America, Jamaica, India and Egypt. In 1809 he was appointed Governor of N.S.W. and served in that position until 1821 when he returned to England.
- Notes:
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- Mitchell Library microfilm reel nos. CY299-306.
- Microfilm copy of original material held by the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales at ML Z A768-A802.
- Diary and journal, 1808-1822 (ML A772-A774) on reel CY301 is also held at Mfm G 27373.
- A guide to the material is available at RM mfm G 27294 and online at http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/lema/macquariept1.pdf.
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. Sydney : W & F Pascoe for the State Library of New South Wales : available from the State Library of New South Wales, [199-?]. 8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1787-1824
- Copyright:
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