Guide to the Sir John Ferguson collection of papers of John Fawkner

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MS 3337

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Collection Summary

Creator
Fawkner, John Pascoe, 1792-1869
Title
Sir John Ferguson collection of papers of John Fawkner
Date Range
1810 - 1869
Collection Number
MS 3337
Extent
0.75 metres (4 folders + 1 packet + 1 large folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers comprise legal documents such as agreements between Fawkner and Joseph Robins (1852), E. M. Sayers (1842), and Fred Hinton (1842); diaries (1859, 1860), a Rent Book (1866); insurance policies, receipts, invoices; petitions to Fawkner concerning the Amended Insolvency Bill (1867) and the Mining Law Amendment Bill (1865); and a few letters to Fawkner from town clerks, the Treasury Department, and the Melbourne Public Librarian, Augustus Tulk. A second group of papers consists of cuttings, photographs and factual accounts of Fawkner sent to Sir John Ferguson by Mrs A. E. Walsh, whose husband was related to Fawkner. In addition there are typescript notes on the Colder manuscripts (held in the La Trobe Library, Melbourne), issue no. 1 of The Freeholder and Convention Expositor (8 Jan 1858) and typescript extracts from Fawkner manuscripts also held in the La Trobe Library. Finally there is a large album (kept in folio run) containing early maps of Melbourne, receipts from sales of Fawkner's land, original copies of Vol. 1/no. 1 and Vol 1/no. 10 and two facsimile copies of Vol. 1/no. 2 of Fawkner's The Melbourne Advertiser (1838) and a copy of the Leader (June, 1862)(1 box, 1 folio box).

Item Descriptions

Series. Legal documents, diaries, financial records and related papers

Legal documents such as agreements between Fawkner and Joseph Robins (1852), E. M. Sayers (1842), and Fred Hinton (1842); diaries (1859, 1860), a Rent Book (1866); insurance policies, receipts, invoices; petitions to Fawkner concerning the Amended Insolvency Bill (1867) and the Mining Law Amendment Bill (1865); and a few letters to Fawkner from town clerks, the Treasury Department, and the Melbourne Public Librarian, Augustus Tulk.

Diary, 1860 (Item)

Series. Cuttings, photographs and accounts

Cuttings, photographs and factual accounts of Fawkner sent to Sir John Ferguson by Mrs A. E. Walsh, whose husband was related to Fawkner. In addition there are typescript notes on the Colder manuscripts (held in the La Trobe Library, Melbourne), issue no. 1 of The Freeholder and Convention Expositor (8 Jan 1858) and typescript extracts from Fawkner manuscripts also held in the La Trobe Library. Finally there is a large album (kept in folio run) containing early maps of Melbourne, receipts from sales of Fawkner's land, original copies of Vol. 1/no. 1 and Vol 1/no. 10 and two facsimile copies of Vol. 1/no. 2 of Fawkner's The Melbourne Advertiser (1838) and a copy of the Leader (June, 1862).

Handwritten first issue of the 'Melbourne Advertiser' (vol. 1, no. 1, 1 January 1838)


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