Collections of the Bedfordshire Record Office relating to Australia [M591, M821, M1659-M1660] [microform] : 1774-1945 / microfilmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project
- Bib ID:
- 7857654
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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Contents: M591: Papers of Lieut. Richard Bastard and logbooks; Log of convict ship: Sir William Bensley; Log of the convict ship Lord Wellington; -- Letters from settlers in Australia: Charles Cartwright; Joel Croxford; Richard Dillingham; Priscilla Dodson (later Huxley; John Feazey; Dr George Witt -- Newspaper cuttings: article Two Pioneers' relating to George Dodson and his wife. -- Legal documents relating to: Thomas Fyshe Palmer; Gerard Phillips and William Northwood; Thomas Potter Macqueen; Henry Marshall -- Journal of a voyage to Sydney, possibly by Jemima Hitchcock. -- M821: -- Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions records -- Board of Guardians records -- Bute Estate papers: referring to the property of J.C.S. McDouall and his father, W. McDouall -- Wilshere papers: correspondence of William Wilshere. Convicts mentioned include Richard Beardsley, Mr Arnold, Mr Barnes, William King, J. Gascoigne, George Smith and Norman Harkins. -- De Grey papers: letters from Jemima, Marchioness Grey and Baroness Lucas, regarding HMS Adventure and the death of Capt. James Cook. -- Samuel Whitbread papers; Correspondents include William Roscoe, Jorgen Jorgenson, Edward Abbott, R.H. Bennett and Thomas Fyshe Palmer. -- Miscellaneous items: land grants; letter referring to the Broken Hill strike and maritime disturbances. -- M 1659-1660: -- Documents concerning properties of Howard Spensley -- Papers of Field Family, including letter of John Field and Octavius Field, Fred Martell and Henry Martell -- Documents of Rev. G.C.H. Phillips -- Letters of Richard Dillingham -- Papers of Duncan Kennedy, including letters of Jessie Kennedy and William Campbell in Melbourne referring to gold discoveries, wool shipments, trade, prices, colonial politics and Scots in Victoria.
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M591, M821, M1659-M1660.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-762214157
- Microfilm copy of originals held by the Bedfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Bedford, England
- Cited In:
- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 31.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1774-1945
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 1945
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