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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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Collections held by the National Library of Ireland (as filmed by the AJCP), 09 March 1714-1968

336 items
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Journal 1853-1855 of Rochefort Maguire on a voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu on the Emily, from Honolulu to Pt Clarence on HMS Amphitrite, and to Point Barrow and the Behring Straits on HMS Plover.
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Records of the Home Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1779-1882

654 items
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The Home Office was responsible for colonial affairs until 1801, but the bulk of records affecting the colonies has been transferred to the Colonial Office. Most of the remaining records of interest to the Australian Joint Copying Project concern the convicts.
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Papers of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (as filmed by the AJCP), 1785-1826

64 items
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Correspondence and other papers mainly concerning the establishment of the whale industry in the Pacific. Other papers deal with: claims of the East India Co in the Pacific; trade with the East Indies; the cultivation and import of hemp; and the establishment of the colony in New South Wales. Correspondents include W. Pitt, Capt. J. Blankett, Samuel Enderby, G. Chalmers and Capt. A. Phillip.
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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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Collections held by Lambeth Palace Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1722-1929 (1940-1947)

546 items
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Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes:
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Records of the Colonial Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1959

9393 items
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Colonial Office records constitute by far the largest group of records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). As most of the Colonial Office Series relate to specific colonies they have largely been filmed comprehensively (with some exceptions). In this respect the Colonial Office copying has differed from that of most of the other record groups.
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Australia, 1714-1886 28 items

 

Papers of Sir Richard Owen (as filmed by the AJCP), 1796-1889

84 items
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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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Collections held by the British Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1563-1888

220 items
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Journal 1683-86 of W.A. Cawley on a voyage to East Indies and China.
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