Guide to the Papers of the Martin Family (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M1535-M1537

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Created: 2018

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Series. Papers of Sir Henry Martin, 1793 - 1831

Subseries. Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Byam Martin, 1793 - 1831

Correspondence of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume XIX, 1793 (File Add. MS 41364)

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E. Gower (Sumatra) to [unknown], 14 April 1793 (Item 122-124)

Account of voyage to East Indies; description of Batavia; decline of Dutch East India Company.

E. Gower to [unknown], 22 June (Item 125-126)

Unhealthiness of East Indies; voyage to Cochin China.

[E. Gower] to [unknown], n.d. (Item 130)

Plans to visit Philippines.

E. Gower to [unknown], 26 December (Item 134)

Completion of mission to China.

Correspondence of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume XXIII, 1831 (File Add. MS 41368)

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Account of cost of naval stores, including New Zealand hemp, 1831 (Item 251r)

Subseries. Official Letter Books of Sir Thomas Byam Martin, [1816]-[1831]

Official Letter Book of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume XLIX, [Oct 1816]-July 1819 (File Add. MS 41394)

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Statement of principal duties of Transport Department, referring to transport of convicts to N.S.W., [4 October 1816] (Item 36r-36v)

Martin to Lord Melville, 1 September 1817 (Item 129r-129v)

Financial inducements for convicts working at dockyards.

Correspondence between R. Mitford and Martin, June 1819 (Item 193v-194r)

R. Mitford (Treasury) to Martin, 1819-06-14, proposal of Messrs. Johnson to import timber from New Zealand...

Martin to L. Macquarie, 30 July 1819 (Item 195r-197r)

Requests assistance for Skinner (Dromedary); seeks information on Australian timber; hopes timber districts will not pass into hands of private traders.

Official Letter Book of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume L, September 1819 - June 1827 (File Add. MS 41395)

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Martin to Downie, 29 September 1819 (Item 4r-5r)

Supply of medals and ribbons for bartering with natives of New Zealand.

Martin to Lord Melville, 3 April 1823 (Item 158r-160r)

Victualling Board paper on appointment of surgeons to convict ships.

Extract from letter to Treasury complaining of great increase in cost of transporting convicts to N.S.W., 18 June 1827 (Item 214r-215r)

Official Letter Book of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LI, [1825]-October 1826 (File Add. MS 41396)

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Observations by Martin on passage allowances to military officers proceeding to foreign stations, including N.S.W, [1825] (Item 54r-55v)

Martin to R.W. Hay, 6 June 1826 (Item 118r-119r)

Selection of surgeons of convict ships; complaint by Sir Thomas Brisbane that surgeons had been intriguing against authorities in N.S.W.

Martin to R.W. Hay, 5 July 1826 (Item 124v)

Surgeons on convict ships to be under control of N.S.W. Governor.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Commanders of forces, 16 October 1826 (Item 150v-151r)

Relations between Army and Navy, especially over conveyance of troops to foreign stations.

Official Letter Book of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LII, June [1827] (File Add. MS 41397)

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Martin to W. Horton, 19 June [1827] (Item 32v-33r)

Col. Torrens' scheme for N.S.W. emigrant ships to collect timber from New Zealand.

Official Letter Book of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LIII, January 1829 - 16 December [1830] (File Add. MS 41398)

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Martin to H. Twiss, 1 January 1829 (Item 1v- 2v)

Request by Derwent Steam Navigation Co. for frame of vessel to be sent to Van Diemen's Land.

Martin to Capt. Harris, 4 February [1830] (Item 124r)

Rope made from New Zealand flax.

Martin to W. Peel, 22 February [1830] (Item 126r)

Suggestion that convicts in dockyards be worked with more severity.

Martin to Donlan, 13 March [1830] (Item 131r-131v)

Trial of rope made from New Zealand flax.

Martin to Lord Melbourne, 7 December [1830] (Item 216r)

Embarkation of convicts on Eliza.

Martin to Anderson (Eliza), 16 December [1830] (Item 218r-219v)

Suggests Anderson, as surgeon, may obtain information from convicts on identity of leaders of recent riots.

Official Letter Book of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LIV, [1831] (File Add. MS 41399)

Martin to Bank (Argyle) 24 February [1831]: conspiracy by convicts to seize Argyle; security measures; information sought on arsonists...

Subseries Add. MS 41401. Admiralty Orders to the Navy Office, Volume LVI, 1822

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Admiralty Orders Volume LVI, 1822 (File)

J. Barrow to Navy Board, 7 January 1822 (Item 76r-76v)

Sir Henry Blackwood ordered to put Liverpool and Topaze out of commission.

J. Barrow to Navy Board, 15 January 1822 (Item 139r-140r)

Crew of Mermaid to be paid by Colonial Office, crew of Bathurst to be paid by Navy Board.

Subseries. Miscellaneous Naval Memoranda, Volume LVII, 1817 - 1830

Miscellaneous naval memoranda of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LVIII, 1817 - 1824 (File Add. MS 41403)

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Account of convicts transported to N.S.W, 1817 - 1824 (Item 52v-53r)

Miscellaneous naval memoranda of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LIX, 1817 - 1830 (File Add. MS 41404)

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Account of convicts transported to N.S.W, 1817 - 1830 (Item 40v-41r)

Miscellaneous naval memoranda of Sir Thomas B. Martin, Volume LX, November 1830 (File Add. MS 41405)

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List of convict hulks and receiving ships at dockyards, 18 November 1830 (Item 9v-10r)

Series Series C. Papers of Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet, 7 February 1816 - 28 November 1856

Subseries Add. MS 41410. Papers (mostly printed) relating to Home and Foreign Defences, Volume LXV

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Volume LXV (File)

J.F. Burgoyne. Memorandum on defences of foreign possessions of Great Britain (printed), 28 November 1856 (Item 10-12)

Plans to inform foreign naval stations of outbreak of war, [c. 1860.] (Item 168-169)

Orders for Admiral in Mediterranean on outbreak of war (Item 170-173)

Orders for Commander-in-Chief in Pacific on outbreak of war (Item 185-190)

Orders for Commander-in-Chief in East Indies on outbreak of war (Item 198-199)

Australian mail (Item 200)

Orders for Senior Officer in Australia on outbreak of war (Item 201-202)

Subseries Add. MS 41456. Journal of Sir William Fanshawe Martin, Volume CXI, 7 February 1816 - 17 August 1817

Journal kept by Martin on voyage of Alceste to China (90 f.), 7 February 1816 - 17 August 1817 (File)

The Alceste, captained by M. Maxwell, conveyed Lord Amherst on his mission to China. The journal describes visits to Rio de Janeiro (ff. 4-9), Cape of Good Hope (ff. 11-14), Java (ff. 16-19), China and Korea (ff. 22-74), and the Philippines (f. 75), the wreck of the Alceste at the Straits of Gaspar in February 1817, encounters with Malay pirates and the rescue by the East Indiaman Ternate (ff. 76-89) and the arrival at Batavia (f.90). There is an engraving of the relief of Fort Maxwell.

Series Series D. Papers of Admiral Sir Henry Byam Martin, 1834 - 1859

Subseries Add. MS 41463. General correspondence of Sir Henry B. Martin, 1834 - 1855

Correspondence of Martin, Volume CXVIII (491 f.), 1834 - 1855 (File)

Folios 168-421 relate to Martin's service in the Pacific as captain of the Grampus in 1846-1847 and includes his correspondence with Admiral Sir George Seymour, A.-J. Bruat, Queen Pomare, Governor Lavaud, R. Thompson, C. Barff, and A. Simpson. The subjects include the claims of Huahine, Raiatea and Bora Bora to be independent of Tahiti, the destruction of property of British residents at Tahiti, the rights of British subjects at Hawaii (ff. 189-193), land grants made to British residents by Queen Pomare, the proclamation of Tahiti as a French Protectorate in February 1847 (f. 312), the arrest of the boatswain of the Grampus, and proposed flags for the Leeward Islands.

Subseries Add. MS 41469. Letter Book of Sir Henry B. Martin, 1845 - 1859

Letterbook of Martin, Volume CXXIV (96 ff.), 1845 - 1859 (File)

Folios 9-46 relate to Tahiti, 1846-1847. They consist of copies of Martin's letters to Sir George Seymour, Queen Pomare, G. Charter, C. Banff and J. Rodgerson. The subjects include a treaty between Britain and the Sandwich Islands (f. 11), conversations with A.-J. Bruat, the arrest of the chaplain of the Grampus, the return of Queen Pomare to Papeete, Governor Lavaud, flags for the Leeward Islands. The later papers relate to Mexico and the United States blockade.

Subseries Add. MS 41470. Letter Book of Sir Henry B. Martin, 1845 - 1847

Letterbook of Martin, Volume CXXV (155 ff.), 1845 - 1847 (File)

Folios 32-151 relate to the Pacific. They consist of copies of Martin's letters to Sir George Seymour, A.-J. Bruat, G.C. Miller, Queen Pomare, R. Thompson, and Governor Lavaud. The subjects include land grants made to British residents by Queen Pomare, compensation to British residents, the independence of the Leeward Islands, the arrest of the chaplain and boatswain of the Grampus, the arrival of Queen Pomare in Papeete in February 1847, a cruise among the Society Islands, and Martin's departure from Tahiti in July 1847.

Subseries Add. MS 41472. Journal of Sir Henry B. Martin, 17 November 1845 - 20 October 1848

Journal of Martin kept on the voyage of the Grampus, Volume CXXVII (205 ff.), 17 November 1845 - 20 October 1848 (File)

A detailed journal, including illustrations, describing the voyage and visits to Valparaiso (June 1846), Callao (July 1846), Hawaii (August 1846), Tahiti (September 1846-July 1847), Valparaiso (August 1847), Lima (October 1847), San Blas (March 1848), Valparaiso (June 1848), Rio de Janeiro (August 1848)...

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