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Papers of Pennington of Muncaster (as filmed by the AJCP), 1869-1925

249 items
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Correspondence, telegrams, reports, contracts, financial papers, notices and minutes of meetings, returns, newspaper cuttings, maps and publications relating to sugar and rubber plantations in the Straits Settlements and Malaya. They document: the activities of the Penang Sugar Estates Co; Penang Rubber Estates Co; Straits Sugar Co; Straits Rubber Co; Rubana Rubber Estates Co; Bagan Serai Co; Batak Rabit Estate Ltd; Selaba Rubber Estates Ltd; Tali Ayer Rubber Estates Ltd; and Sabrang Rubber Estates Ltd. The bulk of the records is dated 1875-1925.
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Records of the Board of Longitude (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1838

57 items
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Papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John Harrison. They also include papers relating to other issues of navigation. There are records, notably logs of scientific observations, relating to some major voyages of discovery, including ones led by Captain James Cook, Captain Matthew Flinders and Captain George Vancover, as well as to the search for the North West Passage.
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Papers of Sir Richard Owen (as filmed by the AJCP), 1796-1889

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Correspondence 1836-1883. Subjects include: discovery of fossils in Australia; observations of Tasmanian Aborigines; self-government in New South Wales; research on Australian and New Zealand fauna including platypus and moa; dispatch of Australian specimens and skulls of Maoris and Aborigines. Correspondents include W. Clift, G. Bennett, Sir Walter Buller, R. Etheridge, W.B. Clarke, Sir Julius von Haast, J.L.G. Krefft, Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, E.P. Ramsay, T.H.C. Hood and H. Woodward.
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Records of the Admiralty (as filmed by the AJCP), 1673-1957

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The records of the Admiralty and Secretariat filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project cover the records of the Admiralty Office up to 1832 and of the Secretary's Department of the reorganised Board of Admiralty after that date.
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Collections held by the National Maritime Museum London (as filmed by the AJCP), 1718-1957

384 items
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M3076-M3086: Catalogue Section 4: Personal Collections
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Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (as filmed by the AJCP), 1701-1970

1032 items
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The records comprise minutes of the Standing Committee 1778-1819, 1900-1935 and the Foreign Committee 1846-1880, anniversary sermons, annual reports and journals of monthly meetings of the Society 1901-1935, missionary reports 1852-1938, letters received from Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia and Southeast Asia 1821-1936, copies of letters of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Overseas Secretary 1842-1935, missionary rolls 1846-1910, candidates' papers 1821-1857, testimonials, ledgers 1891-1936 and photograph albums, including photographs of Malaya, Singapore, Borneo and Melanesia.
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Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP), 1773-1822

64 items
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Correspondence comprising about 300 letters addressed to Banks, mainly in his capacity as President of the Royal Society.
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Collections held by the Lancashire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 26 March 1782-02 December 1960

56 items
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Calendars of prisoners and transportation documents 1782-83, 1805-47 held at Lancaster Castle and the Houses of Correction at Preston, Salford and Liverpool, giving details of names, ages, crimes, sentences and including a list of convicts under sentence of transportation.
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Collections held by the Ministry of Defence Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1702-1936

180 items
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Correspondence 1915-1918 between Sir Alexander Godley and his wife Louisa. Subjects include ANZAC landing at Gallipoli, visit to trenches, comments on Australian and New Zealand troops, and Keith Murdoch.
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Records of the Exchequer and Audit Department (as filmed by the AJCP), 1765-1918

880 items
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Records of the Auditors of the Imprest, Commissioners of Audit, Exchequer and Audit Department, National Audit Office and related bodies.
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Ordinary, 1765-1791

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