Guide to the collections held by the West Devon Area Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M2054

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Created: 2019

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Fonds P1. Unreformed Corporation of Plymouth, 1800 - 1826

Series 45. Administrative Papers, 1800 - 1826

Subseries 45/10. Convicts (W682), 1800 - 1826
Papers concerning convicts and transportation, 1800 - 1826 (File)

Correspondence of the Mayor and Town Clerk of Plymouth, mainly with the Home Office, concerning the transfer of convicts from Plymouth Gaol to the hulks of N.S.W. convict ships, petition seeking reduction of sentence, and the return of convicts from N.S.W.(29 documents).

Fonds Acc. 105. Papers of C.R. Fox of Plymouth, 1886

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Francis W.M. Fox. Colonization of the future London (8pp), 1886 (File 217)

Fonds Acc. 116. Photographs of woodcarvings of Rashleigh Pinwill, 1913

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Photograph of armorial bearings of H.M.S. New Zealand carved by Rashleigh Pinwill, 15 February 1913 (File 100)

Photograph of King George V, W.S. Churchill, New Zealand Ministers, Capt. L. Halsey and officers of H.M.S. New Zealand (2 copies)

Fonds Acc. 146.. Records deposited by Messrs. Broadbent and Huddart, solicitors, of Plymouth, 1859 - 1889

Subseries 146/16. Papers of Petherbridge Family, 1859 - 1889

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Sale plan of two acres in Waymouth and Currie Streets, Adelaide, property of William, John, Benjamin and Alfred Petherbridge (printed), 1859 (File 2)
Conveyance and mortgage of Town Acre 138, Adelaide, from Alfred Petherbridge to John W. Colton, Alfred C. Colton and William E. Longbottom (Copies), 14 October 1882 (File 7)
Correspondence and accounts of R. Ingleby and F. McAree relating to Petherbridge properties in Adelaide, 1866 - 1889 (File)

(Five documents)

Accounts of Alfred Petherbridge with H.E. and H.F. Downer, 1882 - 1883 (File)
Lease of Town Acre 138, Adelaide, from Alfred Petherbridge to J. Colton and W. Longbottom., 10 January 1889 (File)

Fonds Acc. 240. Miscellaneous Letters, 1836

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D. Harrison (London) to J. Ingle (Plymouth), drafting of deed of conveyance for property in Hobart rented by Lewis, 9 January 1836 (File 5)

Fonds Acc. 261. Papers of R.A.J. Walling, 1895

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J.A. Lawson to [R.A.J. Walling], 5 December 1895 (File 2)

Remarks in Western Daily Mercury about Lawson's Wanderings in New Guinea allegations that work was hoax; criticisms of Capt. J. Moresby.

Fonds Acc. 323. Papers of C.W. Bracken, 1923 - 1936

Series 28. Papers on William Bligh, 1923 - 1936

Letters to C.W. Bracken, Headmaster of Plymouth Corporation Grammar School, 1923 - 1936 (File)

From G. Mackaness (Sydney), J. Warren (London), Alice Oakes (Plymouth), T. Hony (Fowey), and O. Ruber (London), research into birthplace and education of W. Bligh. (9 letters).

Newspaper cuttings concerning W. Bligh, his birthplace and Plymouth connections, and his Governorship of N.S.W., 1924 - 1936 (File)
Notes on W. Bligh and genealogy of Bligh Family (File)
Notes on Sir George Grey and his departure from Plymouth on H.M.S. Beagle in 1837 (File)

Fonds Acc. 365. Records deposited by W. Ivor Thompson, solicitor, of Plymouth, 1872

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Power of attorney from Robert G. Little and Henry L.R. Little of New Zealand to Arthur J.G. Little of Brixton concerning estate of Daniel Little, 22 November 1872 (File 1/26)

Fonds Acc. 528.. Logbooks of Samuel W. Jordan, 1858 - 1865

S.W. Jordan. Abstract logs of Prince of Wales and Walmer Castle (1 volume), 1858 - 1865 (File 1)

Includes lists of crews and passengers.

Prince of Wales, Capt. J. Watson, London - Melbourne - London, 20 December 1858 - 2 August 1859 (Item)
Prince of Wales, Capt. J. Watson, London - Melbourne - London, 10 November 1859 - 3 July 1860 (Item)
Prince of Wales, Capt. J. Watson, London - Melbourne - London, 6 October 1860 - 13 June 1861 (Item)
Walmer Castle, Capt. C. Ormsby, London - Calcutta - London, 1 October 1861 - 18 July 1862 (Item)
Prince of Wales, Capt. R. Deacon, London - Melbourne - London, 5 May 1863 - 19 January 1864 (Item)
Prince of Wales, Capt. R. Deacon, London - Melbourne - London, 5 May 1864 - 31 January 1965 (Item)

S.W. Jordan. Logs kept on voyages of Prince of Wales and Walmer Castle (1 volume), 1859 - 1862 (File 2)

Prince of Wales, Capt. J. Watson, London - Melbourne - London, 10 November 1859 - 3 June 1860 (Item)
Prince of Wales, Capt. J. Watson, Melbourne - Portsmouth, 20 May 1861 - 10 June 1861 (Item)
Walmer Castle, Capt. C. Ormsby, London - Calcutta, 1 October 1861 - 20 January 1862 (Item)

Includes "Abstracts from the Logs of the Prince of Wales and East Indiaman Walmer Castle" (4p.)

Fonds Acc. 850.. Records of Stoke Public Higher School, Devonport, 1952

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F.S. Blight. Lecture on Capt. Tobias Furneaux, R.N., Commander of H.M.S. Adventure from 1772-1775, 1952 (File 26)

Given to Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society, 6 March 1952. (typescript, 37pp)

Fonds Acc. 981.. Papers of Major Edmund Lockyer, 1784 - 1860

Photocopies of typescripts.

Journal of expedition to King George's Sound, 8 November 1826 - 30 March 1827 (File 1)

Remarks on Swan River (2pp) (File 2)

E. Lockyer (King George's Sound) to A. Macleay (Sydney), 2 April 1827 (File 3)

Report on establishment; provisions; capture of sealers who murdered Indigenous Australians.

Fair copy of journal, 22 January 1827 - 29 March 1827 (File 4)

Report on advantages of settlement at King George's Sound, 2 April 1827 (File 5)

Including topography, harbour, fauna, Indigenous Australians, strategic value, sealing. (5pp)


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