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M1924-M1926

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Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Creator
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Title
Collections held by the Bodleian Library (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1679 - 1894
Collection Number
M1924-M1926
Extent
181 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Acland Papers 1841-92 including letters of W. Acland written from the Australian Naval Station 1883-85 and correspondence with the entomologist Rev. William Cotton 1841-46.

Papers 1839-52 of the poet Arthur H. Clough, including letters of J.P. Gell and Thomas Arnold in Hobart.

Letter-books 1813-31 of Calcutta merchant John Palmer. Correspondents include Lachlan Macquarie, E. Riley, T. Harrington and R. Jones.

Letters 1851-56 of Sir Edmund Du Cane to his family concerning his life in Western Australia, treatment of convicts, road-building, travels and racial conflict.

Letters 1798-1802 of Rev. Richard Johnson to William Gilpin referring to his work in Sydney.

Papers 1840-52 of Jacob Hagen concerning properties in South Australia.

Letters 1869-85 of W. Henley Rawlings to Caroline Napier describing life in Queensland and New South Wales.

Letters 1872-94 of historian and Victorian politician Charles H. Pearson concerning political and social conditions in Australia, visit of A. Deakin to England in 1887, and writings on democracy. Correspondents include James Bryce, Sir Charles Dilke, Sir George Goschen and John Morley.

Letters 1862-64 of E.C. Dunn of Geelong to book collector Sir Thomas Phillipps.

Letters 1862-84 of Sir George Grey and J. Henniker Heaton to bookseller Bernard Quaritch.

Papers 1846-69 of Sir Henry Taylor, Colonial Office official.

Papers 1791-1870 of William Wilberforce and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce relating to missions in the Pacific Islands, the Church in New Zealand, convict transportation, the endowment of colonial bishoprics, the 1852-53 Colonial Church Bill, and the establishment of the Melanesian Mission. Correspondents include Rev. S. Marsden, Bishop G.A. Selwyn, Angela Burdett-Coutts, W.E. Gladstone, Sir James Stephen, Bishop E. Hobhouse, Bishop F.R. Nixon, Bishop T. Staley and Bishop F. McDougall.

Correspondence 1854-82 of sculptor Thomas Woolner and copy of a diary he kept on the Victorian goldfields 1852-53.

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Preferred Citation

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Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1984 (AJCP Reels: M1924-1926). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

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Existence and Location of Copies

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Finding-aid Notes

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Subjects

Australia; Great Britain

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 42, p15.

Item Descriptions

Fonds. Acland Papers, 1841 - 1885

26 items

Subjects

Acland, W.; Anglican Church; Books and book collecting; Clergymen; Cotton, William C., Rev.; Gell, John P., Rev.; Grey, Sir George, Governor; Hobart, Tasmania; Maoris; New Zealand; Pacific Islands; Royal Navy; Selwyn, George A., Bishop

Biographical / Historical

Sir Henry W. Acland (1815-1900), 1st Baronet (created 1890), Fellow of All Souls College, Radcliffe Librarian 1851-1900, Professor of Medicine, Oxford University, 1857-94.

Series MS Acland d. 40. Letters to Acland from his sons, November 1869 - April 1885

6 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

W. Acland (H.M.S. Liverpool) to Acland, 8 November 1869 (File ff.52-56)

Voyage to Australia; arrival in Melbourne; visit to Ballarat; naval review.

W. Acland to Acland, 16 January 1870 (File ff.57-62)

Oxford friends at Hobart; scenery at Cape Raoul; arrival at Christchurch; New Zealand countryside; Bishop E. Hobhouse.

W. Acland (Sydney) to Acland, 11 October 1883 (File ff.133-36)

Difficult role for Navy in mediating between traders and Pacific Islanders; popularity of Navy in Sydney; Lord Augustus Loftus.

W. Acland to Acland, February 1884 (File ff.137-39)

Promotion; Pacific cruise; German agitation in Samoa.

W. Acland (Sydney) to Acland, 5 January 1885 (File ff.140-42)

Annexation scare; hopes of promotion; Bishop J.R. Selwyn.

W. Acland to Acland, 26 April 1885 (File ff.143-44)

Report on Naval Brigade; defences against Russian attack.

Series MS Acland d. 60. Letters from clergymen, February 1885

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Bishop J.R. Selwyn (Colombo) to W. Acland, 3 February 1885 (File f.82)

Congratulations on promotion; voyage to England.

Series MS Acland d. 78. Letters from various correspondents, July 1892

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Lord Jersey (Sydney) to Acland, 8 July 1892 (File ff.154-55)

British election; Broken Hill strike.

Series MS Acland d. 189-191. Papers of Rev. William Cotton, August 1841 - 1849

18 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Biographical / Historical

Rev. William Cotton (1813-1879)

Subseries MS Acland d. 189. Papers of Rev. William Cotton, August 1841 - April 1846
5 items
A. Acland to W. Cotton, 12 March 1842 (File ff.7-10)

Introduces Greenwood, apothecary emigrating to New Zealand; Oxford news.

W. Bolland (Taranaki) to W. Cotton, 6 April 1846 (File ff.16-19)

Church finances; erection of church; opposition to Bishop G.A. Selwyn.

W. Bolland to W. Cotton, 19 November 1844 (File ff.40-43)

Church finances; extreme distress among settlers; land disputes; Governor R. FitzRoy.

W. Bolland to W. Cotton, 13 August 1844 (File ff.44-48)

Visit of Bishop G.A. Selwyn; erection of church; transfer of St. John's College to Auckland.

W. Cotton to Mrs Cotton, 19 August 1841 (File ff.137-38)

Offer by Bishop G.A. Selwyn of post in New Zealand.

Subseries MS Acland d. 190. Papers of Rev. William Cotton, November 1841 - December 1847
7 items
F. Fisher (Auckland) to W. Cotton, December 1847 (File f.1)

Sadness at Cotton's departure; Bishop G.A. Selwyn.

J.P. Gell (Hobart) to W. Cotton, 22 April 1845 (File ff.6-7)

Outbreak of fighting in New Zealand; seeds; Sir Eardly Wilmot and colonial chaplaincies; Colonial Office and New Zealand land regulations.

C. Marriott to T. Whytehead, 11 November 1841 (File f.58)

Books for New Zealand students.

C. Marriott to W. Cotton, December 1846 (File ff.59-60)

Requests article on New Zealand for Christian Remembrancer; J.B. Pusey.

A.G. Purchas (Sydney) to W. Cotton, 1846 (File ff.93-94)

Return to New Zealand; building of Sydney Cathedral

C. Reay (Auckland) to W. Cotton, 23 July 1842 (File ff.97-98)

Visit to Maori villages; Bishop G.A. Selwyn.

C. Reay (Nelson) to W. Cotton, 16 December 1842 (File ff.99-101)

Work with Maoris; travels in bush.

Subseries MS Acland d. 191. Papers of Rev. William Cotton, August 1841 - 1849
6 items
List of books presented to Bishop G.A. Selwyn and to be shipped to New Zealand, 19 November 1841 (File f.3)
Bishop G.A. Selwyn to W. Cotton, 13 August 1841 (File ff.5-6)

Discussions with Cotton Family on New Zealand offer.

Bishop G.A. Selwyn to W. Cotton, 3 December 1841 (File ff.7-8)

Lavish expenditure on outfit, including printing press.

List of books for New Zealand (File ff.9-10)
Mrs. S. Selwyn (Auckland) to W. Cotton, 1848 - 1849 (File ff.11-23)

St. John's College; travels of Bishop Selwyn; O. Hadfield; mutual friends; unpopularity of Sir George Grey; schools.

T. Whytehead (Parramatta) to W. Cotton, 19 August 1842 (File ff.72-73)

St. John's College; illness; hopes to visit New Zealand.

Fonds. Clough Papers, 1839 - 1852

36 items

Subjects

Arnold, Thomas; Anglican Church; Anglican Church: Australia; Books and book collecting; Clough, Arthur H.; Education; Emigration; Gell, John P., Rev.; Grey, Sir George, Governor; Hobart, Tasmania; Indigenous Australians; New Zealand; Nixon, F.R., Bishop; Sydney, New South Wales; Tasmania; Transportation of convicts; Voyages

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), poet, Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford, 1843-1848, Head of University Hall, London, 1849-1852.

Series MS Eng. lett. c. 189. General correspondence, May 1839 - September 1840

7 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 3 May 1839 (File ff.154-55)

Hopes to visit Oxford; possible appointment as teacher in Van Diemen's Land.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 1 June 1839 (File f.162)

Odds against going to Van Diemen's Land; Newmania.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 24 September 1839 (File ff.173-74)

Departure for Van Diemen's Land; state aid to religion; plans for college; Sunday schools.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 4 October 1839 (File ff.177-78)

Delay in departure; hopes for Government ship.

Clough to J.P. Gell, 23 October 1839 (File ff.183-84)

Gell's departure; presents copy of St. Augustin Confessions.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 3 January 1839 [i.e. 1840] (File ff.194-95)

Voyage to Australia; schoolteaching on ship; military and naval officers.

J.P. Gell (Hobart) to Clough, 9 September 1840 (File ff.205-6)

Philosophical Society; Tasmanian Journal of Science; has become 'a violent conservative.'

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 175. General correspondence, February 1841 - August 1845

10 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

J.P. Gell (Hobart) to Clough, 15 February 1841 (File ff.7-8)

Visit to Adelaide and Encounter Bay; Indigenous Australians; emu-hunting; attractions of Van Diemen's Land.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 28 February 1841 (File ff.12-13)

Visit to Adelaide; Governor G. Gawler.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 21 August 1841 (File ff.27-30)

Recollections of Rugby; colonial chaplains; school-teaching.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 12 February 1842 (File ff.42-43)

T. Arnold; testimonial for Archdeacon.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 28 June 1842 (File ff.53-54)

Van Diemen's Land Church Act and state aid.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 20 April 1843 (File ff.61-62)

Oxford Movement.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 6 March 1844 (File ff.74-77)

Requests sermons; Puseyism; control of convict chaplains.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 31 May 1844 (File ff.80-81)

Establishment of parochial system in Van Diemen's Land; Sir Eardly Wilmot and his grudge against T. Arnold.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 5 December 1844 (File ff.127-30)

Increase in transportation to Van Diemen's Land; opposition of Sir Eardly Wilmot to Gell's college; Bishop F. Nixon.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 8 August 1845 (File ff.160-63)

Anti-transportation movement; relations between Sir Eardly Wilmot and Bishop Nixon; T. Arnold.

Series MS Eng. lett. c. 190. General correspondence, February 1846 - August 1848

6 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

J.P. Gell (Hobart) to Clough, 10 February 1846 (File ff.3-8)

Conversion of H. Newman to Roman Catholicism; theological matters; evils of transportation, especially probation gangs.

T. Arnold to Clough, 16 April 1846 (File ff.89-90)

Refers to planned trip to New Zealand.

T. Arnold to Clough, 23 October 1847 (File ff.150-51)

Departure for New Zealand; its advantages over Cape or Prince Edward Island.

T. Arnold to Clough (File f.159)

Books for voyage.

T. Arnold (Wellington) to Clough, 26 June 1848 (File ff.246-47)

Beauty of New Zealand country; possibility of Arnold being Principal of Nelson College.

T. Arnold to Clough, 13 August 1848 (File ff.255-56)

French Revolution; establishment of Nelson College; offer of private secretaryship to Sir George Grey; death of Col. W. Wakefield.

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 176. General correspondence, February 1849 - December 1849

6 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 9 February 1849 (File ff.38-41)

University Hall; Kneller Hall; correspondence with Bishop W.G. Broughton.

J.P. Gell to Clough, 8 March 1849 (File ff.67-68)

Wishes to talk to J. Froude about Van Diemen's Land; blackguardism of press in Antipodes.

T. Arnold (Nelson) to Clough, 1 April 1849 (File ff.75-77)

School-teaching; difficulty in procuring books; could not stay permanently in New Zealand.

T. Arnold to Clough, 7 July 1849 (File ff.140-41)

Possibility of Clough visiting New Zealand; arbitration between New Zealand Company and land purchasers.

T. Arnold to Clough, 24 September 1849 (File ff.151-53)

Thanks for Bothie and poems; possible link between London University and colonial colleges; departure for Hobart.

T. Arnold to Clough, 6 December 1849 (File ff.173-76)

Oxford news; voyage to Australia; description of Sydney; people leaving for Californian goldfields.

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 177. General correspondence, September 1851 - January 1852

7 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

T. Arnold (Hobart) to Clough, 14 September 1851 (File ff.10-11)

Seeks help to publish pamphlet.

J.C. Sharp to Clough (File ff.16-19)

Urges Clough not to emigrate to Australia; refers to T. Arnold pining for higher interests.

Rev. E. Hawkins to Clough, 1 December 1851 (File ff.20-21)

Sydney institution; could not recommend someone with religious doubts.

Mary Arnold to Clough, 8 December 1851 (File ff.26-27)

Quotes from letter of T. Arnold; plans of Clough to emigrate to Australia.

Clough to [unknown] (File ff.28-33)

Sydney professorship; arrangements for resignation from University Hall.

Notes on Sydney professorship and religious difficulties (File f.34)
Sir John Herschel to Clough, 3 January 1852 (File ff.38-39)

Testimonials; appointment of J. Woolley as principal of Sydney University.

Fonds. Du Cane Papers, 1832 - 1872

5 items

Subjects

Clergymen; Convicts; Du Cane, Sir Edmund F.; Eglinton; Indigneous Australians; Roads and roadbuilding; Transportation; Voyages; Western Australia

Biographical / Historical

Sir Edmund Du Cane (1830-1903), officer of Royal Engineers, served in Western Australia in charge of convicts on public works 1851-1856, Inspector-General of Military Prisons and Surveyor-General of Prisons.

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 334. Letters of E. Du Cane, 1851 - 1856

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Edmund du Cane to his mother and other members of his family (17 letters), 1851 - 1856 (File ff.146-244)

The letters deal with his decision to accept the Western Australian appointment, the voyage to Australia, first impressions of Western Australia, work of E. Henderson in developing the colony, aborigines, racial conflicts, travels in the interior, isolation, his cottage at Guildford, investments, prices, shortage of essential articles, wreck of Eglinton, clergy, road-building in Darling Ranges, likely effects of cessation of transportation, land purchases, Fremantle Gaol, treatment of convicts, plans for return to England, testimonials by E. Henderson and Governor A. Kennedy (copies), family news.

Series MS Eng. misc. b. 113. Papers on education and early career, 1848 - 1873

3 items

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Archival History

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E. du Cane. Statement of services, 1848 - 1872 (File ff.153-58)

Including details of service in Western Australia.

Extract of marriage certificate of E. du Cane and Mary Molloy, St. John's Church, Fremantle, 18 July 1855 (File f.170)
Photograph of E. du Cane, c. 1863 (File f.171)

Series MS Eng. misc. b. 114. Miscellaneous papers, 1832 - 1843

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Extract from baptismal register at Augusta, Western Australia, 1832 - 1843 (File f.187)

Contains entries for children of John and Georgiana Molloy

Fonds. East India Company Papers, 1797 - 1803

3 items

Subjects

East India Company

Series MS Eng. misc. b. 345. East India Company Papers, 1797 - 1803

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

J. Webb (Fort St. George) to W. Jones, 1797 - 1798 (File ff.39-40)

Governor in Council approves of work of R. Farquhar at Banda. (extracts).

Extracts from letters of C.R. Crommelin and G. Buchan on conduct of R. Farquhar at Molucca Islands (File ff.73-76)
Statement on quantity of spices collected at Amboyna, c. 1803 (File ff.131-32)

Fonds. Gilpin Papers, 1798 - 1802

2 items

Subjects

Anglican Church; Anglican Church: Australia; Gilpin, William; Johnson, Richard, Rev.; Roads and roadbuilding; Sydney, New South Wales

Biographical / Historical

Rev. William Gilpin (1724-1804), writer of religious, historical and topographical works.

Series MS Eng. misc. c. 389. Gilpin Papers, November 1798 - January 1802

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Rev. R. Johnson (Sydney) to Gilpin, 5 November 1798 (File ff.252-54)

Ill-health, assistance of Governor J. Hunter; burning of church; erection of new church at Parramatta; plans for schools; roads, Johnson's farm.

Rev. R. Johnson (London) to Gilpin, 15 January 1802 (File ff.255-56)

Memorial to Lord Hobart on services and sufferings in N.S.W.; hopes for living in Church.

Fonds. Hagen Papers, 1840 - 1849

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Subjects

Hagen, Jacob; Titles, deeds and estates; South Australia

Biographical / Historical

Jacob Hagen, landowner of Echunga, South Australia.

Series MS Eng. misc. c. 285. Allotments, Title and Estate Deeds, Indentures, 1840 - 1849

Volume of papers concerning Pt. Lincoln town allotments, list of title deeds to Echunga Estate (1840-1852), copies of indentures between J.B. Hack, S. Hack and J. Hagen, and deeds concerning estates at Mt. Barker (1841-1849), the parties including J. Hart, W. James, J. Hance, P. Peachy, S. Hack and J.B. Hack

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Series MS Eng. misc. c. 286. Mortgage Deeds and Land Grants

Volume containing copies of mortgage deeds and land grants at Mt. Barker and Echunga.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Fonds. Macartney Papers, 1781 - 1782

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Subjects

Economics; Fort Marlborough, Sumatra; Macartney, Sir George

Biographical / Historical

Sir George Macartney (1737-1806), 1st. Earl Macartney (created 1792), Governor of Madras 1781-1785, Plenipotentiary to China 1792-1794, Governor of Cape of Good Hope 1796-1798.

Series MS. Eng. hist. c. 96. Letterbook, 1781 - 1782

Letterbook entitled 'Bencoolen', concerning affairs of Fort Marlborough, Sumatra, and need for reinforcements and gunpowder, possible conquest of Batavia and Dutch East Indies, economy of Dutch settlements, and activities of French fleet. Correspondents include Macartney, J. Hutcheon and E. Cole. (29pp)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Fonds. Montagu Papers, 1815

1 item

Autographs bequeathed by Capt. M. Montagu, R.N. (d. 1863).

Subjects

Macquarie, Lachlan, Col.; Royal Navy

Series MS. Montagu. c. 6. Montagu Papers, February 1815

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1924.

Admiral W. Bligh to Commissioners of Navy, 3 February 1815 (File f.3)

Recollections of J. Hartley sent to N.S.W. as Naval Officer; believes his orders had been withheld by Governor L. Macquarie and he had been driven to great expense and difficulty.

Fonds. Napier Papers, 1842 - 1885

3 items

Subjects

Books and book collecting; Goldfields; Historians; Indigneous Australians; Napier, Caroline; Napier, Sir William; New Guinea; New South Wales; Queensland; Rawlings, W. Henley; Samarang, HMS; Sydney, New South Wales

Biographical / Historical

General Sir William Napier (1785-1860), military historian.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 239. Correspondence, 1842 - December 1851

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Sir Edward Belcher to Sir William Napier, 1842 - 1845 (File ff.50-70)

Preparations for voyage round world on H.M.S. Samarang; treaty with Sultan of Brunei; exploration of islands in Malayan Archipelago; relations with French, Dutch and Malay Sultans. (7 letters).

Sir Edward Belcher to Sir William Napier, 10 December 1851 (File f.83)

Complaint of Sultan of Borneo on failure of Sir James Brooke to pay £2,500 per annum for antimony mines at Sarawak.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 299. Correspondence, 1869 - 1885

1 items

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

W. Henley Rawlings to Caroline Napier (19 letters), 1869 - 1885 (File ff.123-79)

Written at Sydney, Parkes, Hodgkinson (Queensland) and Irvinebank, the letters refer to gold diggings and Rawlings' work as a prospector, trade unions, books, Australian Aboriginals, lack of entertainment at Hodgkinson, mutual friends, loneliness, advice to emigrants, annexation of New Guinea, sport, international events, work as assayer at Irvinebank, and his republican beliefs.

Fonds. Palmer Papers, 1813 - August 1831

19 items

Only references to Australia have been listed. The letterbooks contain a great deal of material on the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies.

Subjects

Amelia (ship); Business; Calcutta, India; Dragon (ship); Eliza (ship); Exports and imports; Favorite (ship); Frederic (ship); Harrington, T.; Hobart, Tasmania; India; Jones, R.; Macquarie, Lachlan, Col.; Palmer, John (Calcutta); Riley, E.; Sydney, New South Wales ; Trade

Biographical / Historical

John Palmer (1766-1835), Calcutta merchant.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 83. Letterbook, August 1813 - February 1814

Items of interest include:

Palmer to J. Bell (Sydney) (1/08/1813): Lack of information about Sydney sales of cargo of Frederic; scandalous neglect of trusts.

Palmer to P. Puget (22/01/1814): Refers to arrival of Eliza from N.S.W.

Palmer to Governor L. Macquarie (18/02/1814): Shipment of goods ordered, including coffee and salt -petre, on Amelia.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 84. Letterbook, April 1814 - September 1814

Items of interest include:

Palmer to I. Golledge (15/04/1814): Inspection of accounts of Macarthur.

Palmer to Governor L. Macquarie (5/05/1814): Purchase of shawls for Mrs Macquarie; requests N.S.W. flowers or seeds; shipment of grain and spirits.

Palmer to P. Maitland (7/05/1814): Business affairs; profits of Macarthur on Cape freight.

Palmer to L. Macquarie (21/05/1814): Export of spirits, wheat, sugar to NS.W. (very faded).

Palmer to L. Macquarie (6/09/1814): Misconduct of J. O'Connor in selling spirits; Palmer's heavy stake in N.S.W.; W. Collins; business difficulties; wreck of Favorite.

Palmer to P. Maitland (7/09/1814): Business affairs; W. Davidson; news from N.S.W.; J. Bell; J. O'Connor; condemnation by L. Macquarie of Collins.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 85. Letterbook, February 1817

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Col G. Molle (Sydney) (19/02/1817): Business difficulties; no longer expects anything from Derwent and Collins; triumph of L. Macquarie over opposition.

Palmer to J.O'Connor (Sydney) (19/02/1817): Thanks for gifts; concern over business of Lieut. Hyde; closure of N.S.W. agency.

Palmer to Governor L. Macquarie (23/02/1817): Introduces Capt. Faithfull.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 86. Letterbook, June 1818

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Col. G. Molle (Madras) (9/06/1818): Men corrupted by residence in N.S.W.; calumny by Capt. Williams on character of L. Macquarie.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 87. Letterbook, October 1818

Items of interest include:

Palmer to E. Riley (Sydney) (10/10/1818): Accounts of Howe with J. Bell; dealings of J. O'Connor with Bell and Burton.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 89. Letterbook, January 1820 - April 1820

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Sir Stamford Raffles (28/01/1820): Letter from Macarthur; J. van Braam.

Palmer to Governor L. Macquarie (12/03/1820): Best wishes for retirement; Lieut. Robison.

Palmer to Col. G. Molle (1/04/1820): Infrequency of news from N.S.W.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 90. Letterbook, May 1820 - July 1820

Items of interest include:

Palmer to H. Traill (21/05/1820): Possibility of Bethune joining Jones and Riley in Sydney; T. Harington; avoidance of new marine engagements.

Palmer to T. Harington (Sydney) (10/06/1820): Support for concerns of Jones and Riley.

Palmer to Bethune (Sydney) (14/06/1820): Hopes Bethune is working for Riley; N.S.W. capable of greater independence; unusual for Calcutta merchants to make consignments to N.S.W. at their risk.

Palmer to P. Maitland (18/07/1820): Refers to N.S.W. being overstocked and Company's stake too large.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1925.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 91. Letterbook, December 1820

Items of interest include:

Palmer to T. Harington (Sydney) (25/12/1820): Harington's connection with Jones and Riley; miscreants in N.S.W.

Palmer to Lieut. F. Irvine (Sydney) (25/12/1820): Thanks for details of activities in Australia, draft for 4,000 rupees; T. Harington.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 93. Letterbook, April 1822

Items of interest include:Palmer to J. Abbott (Batavia) (27/04/1822): Plantations; rum sales; contraction of trade with N.S.W.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 94. Letterbook, August 1822

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Capt. J. Walsh (Hobart) (10/08/1822): Termination of business in Java; lack of insurance office in Sydney and Hobart.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 95. Letterbook, February 1823 - March 1823

Items of interest include:

Palmer to T. Harington (Sydney) (6/02/1823): Possibility of Harington establishing house at Malacca.

Palmer to T. Harington (16/03/1823): Thanks for wine coolers; policies in N.S.W.; difficulty of keeping colonial specie in circulation.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 100. Letterbook, January 1824 - February 1824

Items of interest include:

Palmer to W. Speed (Van Diemen's Land) (21/01/1824): Commissions.

Palmer to Capt. W. Walker (Sydney) (21/01/1824): Account; insurance on Dragon.

Palmer to T. Harington (Sydney) (5/02/1824): Acknowledges letter; high regard for Harington.

Palmer to E. Riley (Sydney) (7/02/1824): Account of Capt. W. Walker; Australian concerns have almost all been disastrous.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 103. Letterbook, February 1826

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Riley and Walker (Sydney) (28/02/1826): Sends power of attorney and accounts of Capt. Walker for insurance on Dragon.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 109. Letterbook, April 1829

Items of interest include:

Palmer to R. Jones (Sydney) (5/04/1829): Introduces Lieut. Campbell.

Palmer to Capt. R. Robison (Sydney) (12/04/1829): Court-martial of Robison; allegations of bankruptcy of N.S.W.; 'its air has tainted some very pure hearts'.

Archival History

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Series MS Eng. lett. c. 110. Letterbook, May 1829 - August 1829

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Capt. Broadfoot (8/05/1829): Box of seeds for Capt. A. Macleay in Sydney.

Palmer to R. Jones (Sydney) (16/05/1829): Mortgage held on Navarino.

Palmer to J. Brown (Sydney) (4/08/1829): Hopes Brown will achieve independence; payments for chart and boat in 1823.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 113. Letterbook, March 1830

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Capt. G. Vine (Sydney) (15/03/1830): Estate of Capt. I. Rogers; account of Vine with Palmer & Co.

Palmer to I. Goodsin and G. Vine (29/03/1830): Will of Capt. I. Rogers; Indian creditors.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 115. Letterbook, July 1830

Items of interest include:

Palmer to R. Jones (Sydney) (13/07/1830): Failure of Palmer & Co.; debt of Capt. Walker; disappearance of all multifarious connections with Australian colonies.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 117. Letterbook, April 1831

Items of interest include:

Palmer to R. Jones (Sydney) (12/04/1831): Subscriptions on life insurance on children of E. Riley.

Archival History

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Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 118. Letterbook, August 1831

Items of interest include:

Palmer to Capt. G. Vine (26/08/1831): Rogers estate; Palmer's affairs; claims on Capt. R. Walker in Van Diemen's Land.

Archival History

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Fonds. Pearson Papers, 2 December 1872 - 6 September 1881

14 items

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Subjects

Australia: politics and government; Bryce, James, 1st Viscount; Deakin, Alfred; Dilke, Sir Charles W., 2nd Baronet; Goschen, Sir George; Historians; Morley, John; Pearson, Charles H.; Politics; Politics: Victoria; Politicians: Australia

Biographical / Historical

Charles Henry Pearson (1830-1894), historian, migrated to South Australia 1871, headmaster of Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, 1875-77, Member of Victorian Legislative Assembly 1878-92, Minister for Public Instruction 1886-90.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 186. Correspondence, 6 September 1881

1 items

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Select folios.

G. Brodrick to Pearson, 6 September 1881 (File ff.165-68)

Wardenship of Merton; parliamentary career; refers to interest in Victorian politics and possiblity of Pearson returning to England.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 187. Correspondence, 2 December 1872 - 16 July 1880

3 items

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Select folios.

M.E. Grant Duff to Pearson, 16 July 1880 (File ff.114-15)

Interest in Victorian politics; Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.

J. Earle (Bath) to Pearson, 2 December 1872 (File ff.149-50)

Introduces nieces of Sir Rowland Hill visiting Australia.

Millicent Fawcett to Pearson, 2nd March (File ff.165-67)

Law concerning women in Victoria; believes social and mental emancipation has gone further in England than Australia.

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 188. Correspondence, 9 May 1879 - 16 October 1879

3 items

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Sir Michael Hicks-Beach to Pearson, 9 May 1879 (File f.117)

Photographs of Melbourne received from G. Berry.

T. Hughes to Pearson, 16 October 1879 (File ff.136-37)

Introduces R. Ransome visiting Australia.

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 189. Correspondence, April 1875 - June 1879

3 items

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J.R. Lumby to Pearson, April 1875 (File ff.74-75)

Advice to Prof. Nanson on importance of legal agreement with Melbourne University; likelihood of Pearson remaining in Australia.

J. Morley to Pearson, 14 April 1879 (File f.118)

Publication of articles on democracy in Victoria in Fortnightly Review.

J. Morley to Pearson, 30 June 1879 (File f.120)

Arrangements about articles.

Series MS Eng. lett. d. 190. Correspondence, March 1873 - May 1876

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Select folios.

J. Pearson to Pearson, 10 May 1876 (File ff.38-39)

Appointment of J. Moorhouse as Bishop of Melbourne; British politics.

W. Pepys (Granada) to Pearson, 6 March 1873 (File ff.100-1)

Spanish politics; good fortune of Sir George Bowen.

H. Sidgwick to Pearson, 8 July 1873 (File ff.173-74)

Refers to Pearson's involvement in colonial politics.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 191. Correspondence, October 1874

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Select folio.

Eleanor Smith to Pearson, 29 October 1874 (File ff.1-3)

Oxford news; meeting with Sir Charles Gavan Duffy at Aix; his impressions of Victorian politics.

Fonds. Phillipps-Robinson Papers, 1862 - 1864

6 items

Subjects

Books and book collecting; Dunn, E.C.; Geelong, Victoria; Genealogy; Phillipps, Sir Thomas; Queensland; Trade

Biographical / Historical

Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), collector of books and manuscripts.

Collection given to Bodleian Library by Lionel and Philip Robinson in 1958.

Series MS. Phillipps-Robinson d. 182. Correspondence, April 1862 - March 1863

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E.C. Dunn (Geelong) to W. Phillipps, 23 April 1862 (File ff.201-2)

Genealogy; interest of settlers in pedigrees; request by British Museum for books on colonies; opening of railway to Ballarat; volunteer encampment at Werribee; tour of English cricketers. (copy).

E.C. Dunn to Sir Thomas Phillipps, 24 May 1862 (File ff.182/203)

Sends two books on Port Phillip: progress of colony.

E.C. Dunn to Sir Thomas Phillipps, 25 November 1862 (File ff.205-7)

Publication of verses; family history; book on Queensland.

Sir Thomas Phillipps to E.C. Dunn, 8 March 1863 (File)

Sends book; introduces H. Phillipps. (copy).

Series MS. Phillipps-Robinson d. 190. Correspondence, April 1864

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E.C. Dunn (Benalla) to W. Phillipps, 8 April 1864 (File ff.43-48)

Decline in trade of Geelong; difficulties with sheep station; variety of flora and fauna; climate; poems; family history; mutual friends.

E.C. Dunn to Sir Thomas Phillipps, 20 April 1864 (File ff.49-50)

Requests return of manuscripts; Public Library of Victoria; Melbourne University; Sir Redmond Barry; interest in family crest.

Fonds. Quaritch Papers, 1861 - 1884

7 items

Subjects

Books and book collecting; Grey, Sir George, Governor; Heaton, Sir J. Henniker; Quaritch, Bernard

Biographical / Historical

Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London bookseller.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 436. Correspondence, February 1861 - April 1884

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Sir George Grey (Auckland) to Quaritch, 1 April 1862 (File f.20)

Payment of bill; thanks for catalogues; too busy to buy books.

Sir George Grey to Quaritch, 6 October 1862 (File f.22)

Orders 13th centruy Greek manuscript of Gospels.

J. Henniker Heaton to Quaritch, 28 April 1884 (File ff.34-35)

Wishes to buy J. Gould Birds of Australia; £180 fair price.

J. Henniker Heaton to Quaritch, 29 April 1884 (File ff.36-37)

Missing part of Supplement of Birds of Australia.

W.H. Pease (Honolulu) to Quaritch, 10 February 1861 (File f.204)

Wishes to acquire editions of Spanish voyages in Pacific, especially Gaetano.

W.H. Pease to Quaritch, 1 December 1862 (File f.205)

Requests catalogue interest in voyages, maps and natural history.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 437. Correspondence, December 1883

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Sir George Grey to Quaritch, 19 December 1883 (File ff.195-96)

Recommends Auckland auctioneers A. and E. Isaacs; doubts if demand for books in Auckland sufficient for Quaritch to dispose of surplus stock.

Fonds. Rawlinson Manuscripts, 1717 - 1718

2 items

Subjects

Books and book collecting; Paintings, drawings and prints:maps; Paintings, drawings and prints:sketches; Voyages

Biographical / Historical

Richard Rawlinson (1689-1755) bequeathed his collection of manuscripts, books, medals, coins, prints and paintings to Oxford University.

Series MS Rawlinson c. 869. Journal, 18 June 1717 - January 1718

Journal of a voyage of Townsend to Ladrone Islands and towards Macao

(11 folios)

Includes description of islands and list of crew.

Archival History

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Series MS. Rawlinson d. 813. Maps

Maps and sketches, many very rough, including map of a voyage from Ternata, Banda and Macao to Conception and Acapulco (47 folios).

Archival History

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Fonds. Russell Papers, 1848 - 1851

5 items

Subjects

O'Brien, William Smith; Prime Minister: Great Britain; Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell; Royal Navy: Australian Station

Biographical / Historical

Lord John Russell (1792-1878), 1st Earl Russell (created 1861), Prime Minister 1846-1852, 1865-1866.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 307. Letterbook, August 1848 - August 1851

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Russell to Lord Auckland, 26 August 1848 (File ff.130-32)

Need to reduce naval estimates; refers to possible reduction of Pacific Station.

Russell to Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 15 May 1849 (File f.151)

Letter from Lord Chancellor on allegations concerning trial of W.S. O'Brien.

Russell to Sir Lucius O'Brien, 2 May 1850 (File f.215)

Treatment of W.S. O'Brien in Van Diemen's Land.

Russell to Sir Lucius O'Brien, 8 May 1850 (File f.217)

Lord Grey unable to comply with suggestions about W.S. O'Brien.

Russell to Sir Lucius O'Brien, 9 August 1851 (File f.266)

Unable to intervene in case of W.S. O'Brien.

Fonds. Taylor Papers, 1846 - 1870

8 items

Subjects

Books and book collecting; Colonial government; Gladstone, W.E.; India; Taylor, Sir Henry; Transportation

Biographical / Historical

Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1886), playwright, Senior Clerk in Colonial Office 1824-72.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 10. Correspondence, May 1846

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Archival History

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Taylor to W.E. Gladstone, 8 May 1846 (File ff.162-63)

Account of duties in Colonial Office since 1824; effect of appointment of J. Stephen as Under-Secretary. (Copy)

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 11. Correspondence, May 1852 - December 1853

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Taylor to Lord Grey, 6 May 1852 (File ff.86-87)

Introduction to pamphlet by Grey on colonial administration; colonial self-government. (copy)

Taylor to [unknown], 15 December 1853 (File ff.168-73)

Visitors; character and career of R. Lowe.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 12. Correspondence, May 1869 - January 1870

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Lord Granville to Taylor, 3 May 1869 (File ff.125-27)

Extension of K.C.M.G. to colonial officers; award offered to P. Strzelecki, J. O'Shanassy, C. Sturt and others.

Taylor to Lord Granville, 31 July 1869 (File ff.141-42)

Books on colonies by H. Merivale and Lord Grey.

J. Froude to Taylor, 16 January 1870 (File ff.152-53)

Seeks review of speeches and despatches of Lord Russell; allegation that Lord Granville broke promises of Russell to New Zealand.

Series MS. Eng. lett. c. 3. Official letters, March 1852 - November 1857

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Correspondence between Taylor and Lord Grey, March 1852 - February 1853 (File ff.3-16)

Pamphlet by Grey defending record of his colonial administration.

Lord Grey to Taylor, 10 November 1857 (File ff.37-43)

Transportation of Indian criminals to West Indies; refers to regulations on ticket of leave holders in Western Australia.

Fonds. Wilberforce Papers, 1791 - 1870

23 items

Subjects

Anglican Church: Australia; HMS Bounty: mutiny; Burdett-Coutts, Angela, Baroness; Clergymen; Colonial Church Bill; Gladstone, W.E.; Hobart, Tasmania; Hobhouse, Edmund, Bishop; Macquarie, Lachlan, Col.; Maoris; Marsden, Samuel, Rev.; McDougall, F.T., Bishop; Melanesian Mission; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; New Zealand; Norfolk Island; Nixon, F.R., Bishop; Punishment; Selwyn, George A., Bishop; Slavery; Staley, T.N., Bishop; Stephen, Sir James; Sydney, New South Wales ; Transportation; Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop; Wilberforce, William

Biographical / Historical

William Wilberforce (1759-1833), M.P. 1784-1825, leader of movement for abolition of slavery 1787-1807.

Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), son of William Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford 1845-69, Bishop of Winchester 1869-73.

Series. Papers of William Wilberforce, 1791 - 1826

4 items

Archival History

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Letters, September 1808 - March 1817 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 14)
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Rev. S. Marsden (Bradford) to Wilberforce, 20 September 1808 (Item ff.30-32)

Enlistment of clergy for N.S.W.; news of overthrow of Governor W. Bligh; immoral state of colony need for civil governor, trial by jury and honest Judge Advocate.

Rev. S. Marsden (Parramatta) to Wilberforce, 12 March 1817 (Item ff.36-39)

Re-establishment of South Seas Mission; conversion of natives in Society Islands; mission established in New Zealand despite opposition in N.S.W.; visit of Maoris to England; attacks on Marsden in Sydney Gazette recall of Judge Bent.

Letters, November 1792 - December 1793 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 15)
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E. Christian to Wilberforce, 26 November 1792 (Item ff.22-23)

Capt. W. Bligh a detestable villain; mutiny of Bounty.

W. Burgh to Wilberforce, 20 December 1793 (Item ff.46-51)

Trial of T. Muir and T.F. Palmer; grounds for mitigation of sentence.

Wilberforce to W. Hey, 18 March 1793 (Item ff.183-84)

Episcopalian Church in Glasgow; ordination of S. Marsden.

Letters, November 1826 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 16)
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Wilberforce to R. and S. Wilberforce, 29 November 1826 (Item ff.240-41)

Return of Nott from Tahiti after 30 years as missionary; respectability of his appearance and conversation; refers to W. Ellis from Sandwich Islands.

Letters, January 1791 - February 1820 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 17)
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S. Haweis to J. Way, 30 January 1791 (Item ff.21-22)

Hopes Government will transport missionaries to Pacific Islands, preferably Tahiti.

Archbishop C.M. Sutton to [unknown], 23 April 1819 (Item f.65)

Misunderstanding between Governor L. Macquarie and Rev. S. Marsden; good opinion of Marsden.

R. Grant to [unknown] (Item f.138)

No market for European commodities in Malay Archipelago; preservation of East India Company monopoly.

Rev. S. Marsden (Parramatta) to Wilberforce, 6 February 1820 (Item ff.318-19)

Expense of N.S.W.; J.T. Bigge; fear of magistrates; relationship between Governor L. Macquarie and R. Campbell.

Series. Papers of Samuel Wilberforce, 1839 - 1870

19 items

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General correspondence, November 1841 (File MS. Wilberforce C. 7)
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Rev. E. Coleridge to Wilberforce, 15 November 1841 (Item ff.192-93)

Sermon; Bishop G.A. Selwyn; plans for his departure for New Zealand.

General correspondence, March 1847 - April 1847 (File MS. Wilberforce c.8)
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W. Merry (Cheltenham) to Wilberforce, 4 March 1847 (Item ff.171b-75)

Denunciation by Wilberforce of evils of transportation; alternative methods of punishment; refers to horrors of Norfolk Island.

A. Maconochie to Wilberforce, 19 April 1847 (Item ff.182-84)

Views on treatment of convicts.

General correspondence, 1847 - 1849 (File MS. Wilberforce c.9)
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Lord Grey to Wilberforce, 4 December 1847 (Item ff.11-12)

Possible appointment for Fenwick in Van Diemen's Land; refusal of Queen Victoria to patronize Borneo Mission.

Lord Grey to Wilberforce, 19 July 1849 (Item f.224)

Fitting out of emigrant ships.

General correspondence, December 1849 - July 1853 (File MS. Wilberforce c. 10)
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Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Auckland) to Wilberforce, 20 December 1849 (Item ff.20-21)

Thanks for testimonial for Rev. W. Lush; poverty of New Zealand Church.

Lord Lyttelton to Wilberforce, 10 December 1850 (Item ff.95-96)

Reluctant promise of Government to inquire into legal position of Australian Church; progress of Canterbury settlement.

Bishop G.A. Selwyn to Wilberforce, 15 April 1851 (Item ff.130-31)

Limited connection with State; troubled clergy should go to missions rather than Rome.

Lord Lansdowne to Wilberforce, 19 December (Item ff.206-7)

Meeting with Lord Grey on colonial church.

Lord Lansdowne to Wilberforce, 26 Jan (Item ff.208-10)

Meeting with Lord Grey. (incomplete).

R. Bethell to Wilberforce, 21 Jan (Item ff.219-21)

Drafting of Colonial Church Bill.

S. Walpole to Wilberforce, 30 July 1853 (Item ff.241-43)

Conduct of Colonial Church Bill in House of Commons.

General correspondence, June 1854 - July 1854 (File MS. Wilberforce c.11)
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Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Eton) to Wilberforce, 5 June 1854 (Item ff.94-95)

Arrangements for visit.

Bishop G.A. Selwyn to Wilberforce, 11 July 1854 (Item f.100)

Visit

J. Hubbard to Wilberforce, 22 July 1854 (Item ff.108-9)

Motion of Sir John Pakington on stipend of Bishop of New Zealand.

Bishop G.A. Selwyn to Wilberforce, n.d. (Item ff.136-37)

Duties in Diocese of Oxford; reasons for remaining in New Zealand rather than Sydney.

General correspondence, December 1857 - June 1860 (File MS. Wilberforce c.12)
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[unknown] to Wilberforce, 31 December 1857 (Item ff.87-88)

Intentions of Angela Burdett-Coutts respecting Bishopric of Brisbane; missionary bishops. (incomplete).

E. Hawkins to Wilberforce, 26 August 1858 (Item ff.137-38)

Endowment of colonial bishoprics.

Angela Burdett-Coutts to Wilberforce, 17 June 1860 (Item ff.207-8)

Statements on colonial bishoprics.

Lady Franklin to Wilberforce, 7 July (Item ff.246-47)

Request of King of Sandwich Islands that Queen Victoria sponsor his child.

General correspondence, November 1861 - November 1862 (File MS. Wilberforce c.13)
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R. Palmer to Wilberforce, 6 November 1861 (Item ff.80-83)

Licence for consecration of Bishop of Sandwich Islands.

R. Palmer to Wilberforce, 11 November 1861 (Item ff.86-87)

Bishopric of Sandwich Islands.

Bishop F. McDougall to Wilberforce, 1862 (Item ff.147-48)

Piracy in Sarawak; Sir James Brooke.

G. Wellesley to Wilberforce, 16 July 1862 (Item f.178)

Suggestion that Queen Victoria write to King of Sandwich Islands.

Autograph of Queen Emma, Honolulu, 13 November 1862 (Item f.201)
General correspondence, November 1865 - September 1866 (File MS. Wilberforce c.15)
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Lord Devon to Wilberforce, 7 November 1865 (Item ff.108-9)

Visit of Queen Emma; her ill-health.

M. Hopkins to Wilberforce, 4 December 1865 (Item ff.120-21)

Travels of Queen Emma; meeting with Queen Victoria.

F. Cox (Hobart) to Wilberforce, 22 March 1866 (Item ff.159-60)

Nomination as Bishop of Natal; H.E. Manning; life in Tasmania.

Archbishop C.T. Longley to Wilberforce, 19 September 1866 (Item ff.171-72)

Sends letter from F. Cox declining Bishopric.

General correspondence, January 1868 (File MS. Wilberforce. c. 16)
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Lord Taunton to Wilberforce, 22 January 1868 (Item ff.67-68)

Independence of colonial church.

Letters about Colonial Church, September 1856 - 1868 (File MS. Wilberforce c. 19)
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H. Labouchere to Wilberforce, 27 September 1856 (Item ff.48-49)

See of Grahamstown; transfer of Pitcairn Islanders to Norfolk Island; plans of Bishop G.A. Selwyn to send chaplain to Norfolk Island.

Angela Burdett-Coutts to Bishop A.C. Tait, 12 July 1865 (Item ff.66-67)

Endowment of Sees of Cape Town, Adelaide and British Columbia; decision of Privy Council in Colenso Case; ecclesiastical jurisdiction of bishops. (copy).

Lord Carnarvon to Wilberforce, 4 January 1867 (Item ff.81-84)

Colonial Church; crisis in Natal; ignorance of real state of colonial mind; possible division between clergy and laity in New Zealand.

Correspondence concerning Australia and New Zealand, 1854 - 1868 (Item ff.189-265)

Correspondents include Bishops G.A. Selwyn, E. Hobhouse (Nelson), F.R. Nixon, J.C. Patteson, J. Spencer (Grafton), Lord Lyttelton and H.E. Merivale. The letters deal with the establishment of the Melanesian Mission, appointment of H.C. Harper as Bishop of Christchurch and E. Hobhouse as Bishop of Nelson, inclusion of Norfolk Island in Diocese of New Zealand, progress of Diocese of Nelson, training of clergy in New Zealand, appointment of Bishop of Tasmania, work of missionaries in Melanesia, establishment of college at Norfolk Island, and appointment of Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.

Letters about Church in Europe and Colonies, 1856 - 1870 (File MS. Wilberforce c. 20)
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Correspondence concerning Sandwich Islands, 1858 - 1870 (Item ff.12-52)

Correspondents include Queen Emma, M. Hopkins, T. Staley. The letters deal with the church in Polynesia and Hawaii, consecration of Bishop Staley and difficulties with his licence.

Bishop F. McDougall (Sarawak) to Wilberforce, 9 April 1856 (Item ff.71-72)

Requests Wilberforce be Godfather to child; progress of church; Sir James Brooke.

Bishop F. McDougall to Wilberforce, 5 Jan (Item ff.73-74)

Thanks for consent.

Photographs of people and houses at Sarawak (Item ff.75-81)
Correspondence concerning Labuan, 1860 - 1870 (Item ff.81-102)

Correspondents include Bishop F. McDougall and Sir James Brooke.

Letters of Bishop C.J. Blomfield, August 1854 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 34)
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Bishop C.J. Blomfield to Wilberforce, 8 August 1854 (Item f.42)

Creation of Bishopric of Labuan.

Letters of W.E. Gladstone, May 1839 - August 1853 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 35)
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W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 18 May 1839 (Item ff.8c-9)

Colonial information; refers to transportation and N.S.W. papers.

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 7 June 1850 (Item ff.78-79)

Australian Church clause.

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 21 March 1851 (Item ff.86-89)

Liberation of colonial church from statutory restraint

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 7 July 1851 (Item f.100)

House of Lords and colonial church.

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 15 August 1852 (Item ff.120-21)

Proposals of Bishop W.G. Broughton.

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 12 September 1852 (Item ff.122-25)

Admiration for Bishop W.G. Broughton.

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 18 December 1852 (Item ff.129-30)

Return of Bishop W.G. Broughton; colonial church legislation.

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 13 February 1853 (Item ff.160-61)

Colonial Church Bill

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 22 July 1853 (Item ff.163-64)

Colonial Church Bill

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 3 August 1853 (Item ff.168-69)

Colonial Church Bill

Letters of W.E. Gladstone, June 1854 - December 1854 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 36)
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Wilberforce to W.E. Gladstone Bishopric of Labuan, 8 Sept. (Item ff.19-20)
Wilberforce to W.E. Gladstone, 11 June 1854 (Item f.33)

Suggestion of Bishop G.A. Selwyn that he be Metropolitan of New Zealand and Allwood be Bishop of Sydney. (copy).

W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 4 December 1854 (Item ff.40-41)

Bishop G.A. Selwyn.

Letters of W.E. Gladstone, November 1861 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 37)
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W.E. Gladstone to Wilberforce, 7 November 1861 (Item ff.17-18)

Obstacles to consecration of Bishop of Sandwich Islands.

Letters of Sir James Stephen, November 1839 - August 1853 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 46)
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J. Stephen to Wilberforce, 12 November 1839 (Item ff.39-40)

Openings for boys in New Zealand and Australia; would rather his sons 'live on potatoes and wear sack-cloth' than emigrate to Australia.

J. Stephen to Wilberforce, 18 October 1845 (Item ff.51-52)

Capt. A. Maconochie

J. Stephen to Wilberforce, 4 March 1846 (Item ff.53-56)

Transportation of reformed convicts to Australia; enormous difficulties in abandoning transportation.

Sir James Stephen to Wilberforce, 25 August 1853 (Item ff.63-66)

Colonial churches

Letters of Archbishop J.B. Sumner 1829-61 and Archibishop A.C. Tait, 1857-73, July 1853 - December 1861 (File MS. Wilberforce d. 47)
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Archbishop J.B. Sumner to Wilberforce, 6 July 1853 (Item ff.29-30)

Amendments of Duke of Newcastle to Colonial Church Bill.

Duke of Newcastle to Archbishop J.B. Sumner, 5 July 1853 (Item ff.31-32)

Recommends Bishops of Calcutta, Quebec and Sydney be made Archibishops.

Archbishop J.B. Sumner to Wilberforce, 3 November 1861 (Item ff.62-63)

Consecration of T. Staley as Bishop of Sandwich Islands.

Bishop A.C. Tait to Wilberforce, 7 December 1861 (Item ff.79-84)

Consecration of T. Staley.

Bishop A.C. Tait to Wilberforce, 11 December 1861 (Item ff.85-88)

Consecration of T. Staley.

Copies of letters to W.E. Gladstone, March 1851 - December 1852 (File MS. Wilberforce e.2)
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Wilberforce to W.E. Gladstone, 20 March 1851 (Item ff.52-53)

Grievances of Church in colonies; refers to meeting of Australian bishops.

Wilberforce to W.E. Gladstone, 1 March 1852 (Item f.73)

Colonial Church Bill.

Wilberforce to W.E. Gladstone, 8 December 1852 (Item 82b)

Invitation to meet Bishop W.G. Broughton.

Notebook on missions, August 1843 - December 1843 (File MS. Wilberforce f. 3)
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Extracts from journal of Bishop G.A. Selwyn in New Zealand, August 1843 - December 1843 (Item ff.1-11)

Fonds. Woolner Papers, 1854 - 1882

7 items

Subjects

Bushrangers; Gold and goldfields: Victoria; Woolner, Thomas

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Woolner (1825-1892). Sculptor and poet

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 292. Correspondence, September 1856 - February 1876

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Sir Charles Fitzroy to Woolner, 27 September 1856 (File ff.100-1)

Payment for medallion of W.C. Wentworth; display of statue of Love.

Sir Francis Grant to Woolner, 11 February 1876 (File ff.126-27)

Correspondence about Australian statue; proposal for open competition.

Series MS. Eng. lett. d. 293. Correspondence, February 1854 - January 1882

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Sir Henry Parkes (Sydney) to Woolner, 26 February 1879 (File ff.43-44)

Unveiling of statue by Woolner of Capt. J. Cook; sends newspaper reports.

H. Tennyson to Woolner, 27 January 1882 (File f.172)

Meeting with Sir Henry Parkes.

W.C. Wentworth (Sydney) to Woolner, 25 February 1854 (File f.200)

Payment for medallion.

Woolner to R.Browning (Florence), 19 January 1860 (File ff.206-9)

Introduces E. Wilson, proprietor of Melbourne Argus; visit to Tennysons; mutual friends. (copy).

Series MS. facs. d. 152. Diary of T. Woolner in Australia (photocopy), 31 October 1852 - 18 May 1853

The diary describes a journey from Melbourne to the Ovens goldfields with the Howitts, disputes about mining licences, the landscape, birds, Christmas celebrations, bushrangers, return to Melbourne in January 1853, reading, journey to Fryer's Creek goldfields and thence to Bendigo, and departure from goldfields.

(35ff.)

Archival History

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Fonds. Miscellaneous Letters, 1845 - 1879

3 items

Subjects

Maori War; New Zealand; Selwyn, George A., Bishop

Series MS. Eng. lett. e. 90. Correspondence, June 1845

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Archival History

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Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Auckland) to [unknown], 15 June 1845 (File ff.41-42)

Regrets brother is not to be Registrar of Diocese of New Zealand; visit to Pt. Nicholson; Maori War.

Photograph of Bishop G.A. Selwyn (File f.43)

Series MS. Eng. lett. e. 91. Correspondence, July 1879

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Bishop H.C. Harper (Christchurch) to I.G. Swayne, 14 July 1879 (File f.84)

Thanks for donation to Cathedral Building Fund; slow progress due to high wages of builders and demand for parish churches.

Fonds MS. Maps. Indian Ocean. a.1. Miscellaneous Maps, 1679 - 1701

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Archival History

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Subjects

Borneo; Burma; China; India; Java; Myanmar; New Guinea; Sumatra; Timor

'Joan Blaeu': Coasts of India, Burma, Malay peninsula and Sumatra., 17th century (File f.1)

In Dutch

'Joan Blaeu': Siam, Cochin China, Borneo and Malay Peninsula, 1679 (File f.3)

Cochin China, Formosa, Borneo, c. 1700 (File f.5)

South Borneo and Java, 1701 (File f.9)

South Borneo and Java, c. 1700 (File f.10)

In Dutch

South coast of Java, c. 1700 (File f.11)

In Dutch

Sumbra, Floris and Timor, c. 1700 (File f.12)

In Dutch

New Guinea to Celebes and Timor, c. 1700 (File f.13)

In Dutch


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