Guide to the Papers of the Edwards Family

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MS 2957

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Collection Summary

Creator
Edwards, Henry Tollemache
Title
Papers of the Edwards Family
Date Range
1715-1915
Collection Number
MS 2957
Extent
0.18 metres (1 archives box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn347158) for the access conditions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of the Edwards Family, National Library of Australia, MS 2957, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.

Biographical Note

Captain John Alexander Edwards came to Sydney in December 1830. Sons: 1. John Wilbraham (born Chatham, Kent, 1830) 2. Henry Tollemache (b.-1834, Parramatta). His widow: Ann married Ronald Campbell. H.T. Edwards was Stepson of Ronald Campbell.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Records of Bombala, Bibbenluke and Surrounding Areas

Xeroxed petitions: No. 1 presented by Robert L. Firth, No. 3 by H.S. Badgery, 1881. Both request a railway line to Cooma (File 1)

Xeroxed copies of handwritten poems, songs, sketches, copied or written by H.T. Edwards (?) (File 2)

Accounts, receipts, cheque butts and other business documents concerning Bombalo, Curragheen and Burnima Stations, and Liverpool (1855-1880) (File 3)

Memorandum/account book 1834 to c.1853 mainly concerning Bombalo (File 3)

Rough diary, signed Henry T. Edwards, Bibbenluke, 1862 (File 4)

Survey map of Bibbenluke to Burnima, 1913 (File 4)

Wills of Mrs Ann Campbell (Bibbenluke), Ronald Campbell, (Bombala) 1862, 1875 (File 5)

Obituaries of Ronald Campbell, 1871 (File 5)

Death notice, John Wilbraham Edwards, 1891 (File 5)

Baptism and burial certificate, Parish of St Saviour, Goulburn, 1840-45 (File 5)

Bombala Golf Club Constitution and Rules, 1957 (File 5)

Extract "Copied from Bombala Paper (S?) of 2nd November 1878" (File 5)

Miscellaneous (File 5)

Xeroxed documents headed "H.E.B. Shaw" concerning stations in the Monaro district, newspaper articles about Southern New South Wales, letters, and family history (File 6)

Letters to and from Henry T. Edwards and Ronald Campbell, 1854 to 1879 (File 7)

Series 2. Records Relating to Edwards Family History

Handwritten draft of Edwards Family History and Records (1887) (File 8)

Typewritten copy of same (File 8)

Handwritten history of the Edwards family (1884) (File 9)

Typewritten copy of same (1884) (File 9)

Two books containing notes on family history 1883, 1884 (File 10)

Various loose notes and copied articles on family history (File 10)

Letters, 1748 (copied), 1826 and undated. (File 10)

Edwards family tree (File 10)

Letter to I. Edwards informing him of his Ensigncy, 1817 (File 10)

Passport, Marseilles, 1822 for John Alexander Edwards (File 10)

Newspaper cuttings concerning family history (File 10)

Miscellaneous (File 10)

Photographs (File 11)


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