Guide to the Papers of Margaret Catchpole

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MS 4211

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Collection Summary

Title
Papers of Margaret Catchpole
Date Range
1797-1917
Collection Number
MS 4211
Extent
0.09 metres (1 volume + 2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

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, 4 June 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 1747 (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, 7 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, 2 May 1802 (Item 1)

Letter from Margaret Catchpole to her uncle and aunt William and Anne Howes, 8 October 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, 2 September 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, 17 April 1803 (Item 1)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Number 125, 21 July 1805 (Item 2)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Number 143, 29 December 1805 (Item 3)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser number 203, 1 February 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.


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