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