Guide to the Records held by the Somerset Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1949-M1950
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
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Fonds DD/AH. Acland Hood of Fairfield MSS, January 1806 - 1898
Series Box 21. Papers, 1896 - 1898
Series Box 52. Papers, January 1806 - 2 July 1813
Naval papers, January 1806 - 2 July 1813 (File 4)
J. Barrow (Admiralty), to Sir Samuel Hood, 2 July 1813 (Item)
Sends papers on French expedition against N.S.W.
Fonds DD/BR/fr. Records transferred by British Records Association from Messrs. Farrer and Co., solicitors, 1829 - 1846
Papers of W. Fawcett (Mendip) relating to properties in Van Diemen's Land and Western Australia, 1829 - 1845 (File 40)
The papers include plan of a land grant at Murray River; copies of correspondence of J.G. Briggs and L.W. Gilles concerning purchase and improvement of property 1832-1839; lease of 10,000 acres to F.D. Wickham, 19 September 1839; declaration of trust by F.D. Wickham to W. Fawcett, 19 September 1839; valuation of improvements on grant, 14 June 1840; agreement between F.D. Wickham (Melbourne), W. Fawcett and D. Sutherland concerning lease of land at Watery Plains, Van Diemen's Land by Sutherland, 9 October 1845. (28 documents)
Papers of W. Fawcett relating to properties in Van Diemen's Land and Western Australia, 1836 - 1846 (File 41)
The papers include grant to F.D. Wickham of 31 acres at Campbelltown, Van Diemen's Land, 11 August 1838; declaration of trust by F.D. Wickham (Launceston), 8 February 1839; agreement between R.P. Stewart (Mount Stewart, V.D.L.) and W. Fawcett, 21 May 1839; notice of Colonial Land and Emigration Commission, 31 August 1842; copy of grant to F.D. Wickham of 10,000 acres at Murray River, Western Australia, 8 February 1842; plan of estate of W. Fawcett at Mount Stewart, Launceston, 1846. (14 documents)
Fonds DD/CLE. Bowen MSS, July 1896 - December 1897
Series Box 7. Papers of Cole Family, July 1896 - December 1897
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Scrapbook kept by Thomas Cole, Secretary of Incorporated Association of Gas Engineers, on journey round world, July 1896 - December 1897 (File)
The volume contains newspaper cuttings, photographs, maps and telegrams and also an account of the earlier part of the journey. Cole spent about a year in New Zealand and Australia and there are cuttings referring to Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Albany.
Fonds DD/CPL. Papers of Capel Family of Chipstable, 28 February 1817 - 1878
Correspondence and accounts of Arthur Capel (Wiveliscombe), 1876 - 1878 (File 11)
Concerning estate of his brother John Capel of Murray River, Victoria. (1 bundle: 10 documents).
Copies of birth certificates of Catherine, Hester and Charlotte Capel, 1859 - 1864 (File 12)
Extracted 23 October 1878. (1 bundle: 3 documents)
Fonds DD/DK. Papers relating to Burland Family, January 1872 - August 1872
Fonds DD/HWN. Papers of Frank Hawtin of Milverton, 20 October 1862 - 24 November 1862
Fonds DD/MDL. Medlycott MSS, 17 January 1880 - 6 October 1881
Series Box 12. Miscellaneous papers, 17 January 1880 - 6 October 1881
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Journals of Captain M. Medlycott on voyage of H.M.S. Turquoise in Pacific Ocean, 17 January 1880 - 6 October 1881 (File)
Medlycott joined the Turquoise at Callao, having sailed from Southampton to Panama on a mail steamer. The journals describe voyages along the South American coast, a Pacific cruise visiting the Marquesas, Tahiti, and the Hervey and Cook Islands, and the voyage to England via Cape Horn. The entries are detailed and refer to social events, native customs, clothes, houses and festivities, meetings with the Queen and Chiefs of Tahiti and with Governor Chessé, Admiral Du Petit-Thouars, consuls, missionaries and whalers, and attempts to extend the French protectorate in the Society Islands. There is a map of the route of the Turquoise. (2 vols)
Fonds DD/SF. Papers of Sanford Family, 12 April 1831 - 18 March 1854
Series 4546. Petitions and resolutions, 12 April 1831
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Series 4564. Correspondence of E.A. Sanford, 24 March 1853 - 18 March 1854
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Henry Sanford (Port Gregory, W.A.) to Henrietta, 24 March 1853 (File 46-47)
Land grant at Port. Gregory; description of settlement; Geraldine Mining Company; relations with Indigenous Australians; Gregory Family.
Henry Sanford (Port Gregory) to E.A. Sanford (Wellington), 12 December 1853 (File 48)
Development of property; mining; family news; financial matters. (poor legibility)
A. Birrell (Port Gregory) to Henry Sanford, 1 October 1853 (File 50)
Thanks for help in loading Hero; will commend new settlement.
Henry Sanford to E.A. Sanford, 2 October 1853 (File 51)
Sends item for Times; benefits of colonisation.
Fonds DD/X/wea. Notebooks of Mrs E. Cook of Taunton, 1952 - 1953
Diary of a visit to Australia, 13 February 1952 - 22 January 1953 (File 4/1)
The diary describes the voyage on S.S. Strathaird from Tilbury to Sydney via Algiers, Port Said, Bombay, Fremantle, Adelaide and Melbourne, visits to Blue Mountains, Bathurst, Forbes, Orange, Townsville, Green Island, Cairns, Mackay, Brisbane, Goondiwindi, Moree and Canberra, lengthy stay at Sydney, and return voyage via Colombo and Naples. (typescript) (102pp.)