MS 4211
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Title
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Papers of Margaret Catchpole
- Date Range
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1797-1917
- Collection Number
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MS 4211
- Extent
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0.09 metres (1 volume + 2 folders)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Includes broadsheet, 24 May 1797 describing horse stolen, copy of Margaret Catchpole's confession, 27 May 1797, brief for the prosecution 1797, and 5 letters by Margaret Catchpole from Sydney, 1803-1811.
Item Descriptions
Memo by John Clyde Inn, 14 June 1873 (Item 1)
Letter from James Bonwick to Mr. Brooke, June 4 1897 (Item 2)
Written from Southvale, Norwood
Three letters from F.J. Foakes Jackson to Mr. Brooke, 1915-1917 (File 3)
Broadsheet, Ipswich, 24 May 1797 (Item 4)
Broadsheet from Ipswich offering reward of 5 pounds for return of horses.
Brief for the Prosecution, The King against Margaret Catchpole, 1797 (Item 5)
Rough draft without confession.
Examination of Confession, 11 July 1797 (Item 6)
Brief for the Prosecution, The King Against Margaret Catchpole, 1797 (Item 7)
Fair copy including her confession.
Information of E. Proctor, Guard to the Mail Coach (Item 8)
no date.
Series 9. Letters to Uncle and Aunt
Letter from Margaret Catchpole to her Uncle and Aunt William and Anne Howes, May 2 1803 (Item 1)
Letter from Margaret Catchpole to her uncle and aunt William and Anne Howes, October 8 1806 (Item 2)
Written from Sydney.
Letter from Margaret Catchpole to her uncle and aunt William and Anne Howes, 28 January 1807 (Item 3)
Letter from Margaret Catchpole to her uncle and aunt William and Anne Howes, September 2 1811 (Item 4)
Written from Richmond Hill.
Series 10. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Number 7, April 17 1803 (Item 1)
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Number 125, July 21 1805 (Item 2)
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Number 143, December 29 1805 (Item 3)
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser number 203, February 1 1807 (Item 4)
Newspaper cuttings, 1913-1915 (File 11)
East Anglia Daily Times 25 January 1877, 29 March 1913, 30 December 1915, 31 December 1915. 1 unidentified cutting.
