Guide to the Records held by the Derby Central Library (as filmed by the AJCP)

G. Arthur (Plymouth) to Horton, 8 April 1823 (Item)

Hopes he will be considered if expected vacancy occurs in Bermuda; Lord Bathurst's approbation.

George Maule (London) to G. Arthur, 20 August 1823 (Item)

Possesses full information on actions pending against him; understands he cannot recommend anyone in Honduras for a commission for examination of witnesses.

G. Arthur to Horton, 14 August 1823 (Item)

W. Wilberforce said he wished to send Finley to Van Diemen's Land but did not know how much patronage would be vested in him so referred him to Horton; he may be attached to Commissariat Department.

G. Arthur to Horton, 14 August 1823 (Item)

Importance to colonists in Van Diemen's land of separation from New South Wales, but there are difficulties; expects to leave in a fortnight; wishes to be accompanied by a doctor and recommends William Seccombe as assistant surgeon.

G. Arthur to Horton, 23 August 1823 (Item)

Horton's reproof of Arthur over Mr Bradley and Honduras; his account of the affair.

G. Arthur (Cirencester) to Horton, 25 August 1823 (Item)

No intention to question Sir Herbert Taylor's judgment in his letter to Bradley.

G. Arthur to Horton, [1823-08] (Item)

Seeks an interview.

G. Arthur (London) to Horton, 27 August 1823 (Item)

Case of Meredith who has been dispossessed of his land in Van Diemen's Land in favour of Talbot; requests he be supplied with information on case by Sir Thomas Brisbane.

G. Arthur to Horton, 28 August 1823 (Item)

Satisfactory result of his interview with Sir Herbert Taylor; wishes to leave as soon as possible.

G. Arthur to Horton, 30 August 1823 (Item)

Intends to leave for Plymouth to embark on Adrian.

G. Arthur to Horton, 1 September 1823 (Item)

Expects present system of government in Van Diemen's Land will work as well as expected; inquires about residences for Chief Justice and Attorney-General.

G. Arthur (Madeira) to G. Maule, 26 September 1823 (Item)

Sends information on Colquhoun in Honduras which he had included in his despatch to Lord Bathurst.

G. Arthur to Horton, 28 September 1823 (Item)

Final discussion in London on Bradley affair; awaits Adrian in Madeira; possible appointment of Worsley as Colonial Secretary.

G. Arthur to Horton, 5 October 1823 (Item)

Sends copy of his letter to G. Maule with his view on Colquhoun affair.

J. Macarthur (London) to Horton, 7 December 1823 (Item)

Scott's visit; Kent demonstrated before Society of Arts preparation of extract of Mimosa bark for which Committee of Colonies and Trade have voted him Gold Isis Medal or 30 guineas; value of extract in market is about £50 per ton.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 22 January 1824 (Item)

Encloses letter from Edward Lord who commanded Marines in Van Diemen's Land for short time after death of Colonel. D. Collins; sends three papers on herring industry, wine from New South Wales and Mimosa bark.

G. Arthur (Hobart) to Colonel William Sorell, 26 May 1824 (Item)

Will forward to Lord Bathurst full communications from Sorell on state of colony and its future advancement.

G. Arthur to Horton, 12 June 1824 (Item)

Death of son and Worsley on disastrous long voyage; appointment of Sorell as Registrar of Supreme Court; appointment of Lieutenant Simmons as Superintendent of Works and Captain. John Montague as his Secretary; disappointment of people on continued dependence on New South Wales; superior class of recent settlers.

G. Arthur to Horton, 20 August 1824 (Item)

Prospects of Spode and G. Spain as settlers; depression in agriculture but long term future is most promising; urges more mechanics be sent to colony rather than large agriculturalists.

G. Arthur to Horton, October 1824 (Item)

Character of colony completely changed since great influx of migrants in 1820; need for legislative and executive authority; poor communications between Hobart and Sydney; ineffectiveness of New South Wales laws in Van Diemen's Land; currency problems; need for more troops to put down bushrangers and more labour, even if it is convict labour; lists respectable people suitable for public appointments.

G. Arthur to [Thomas McClelland], 27 August 1828 (Item)

Regrets that Secretary of State has appointed Algernon Montagu as new Attorney-General, despite Arthur reporting that McClelland's health has greatly improved; he may take any other appointment available or be returned to England. (copy)

G. Arthur to Horton, 18 August 1829 (Item)

J. Spode has been most satisfactory; suggests he be appointed Superintendent of Convicts; Arthur has worked to put his plans into practice and all opposition has ceased in last two years; wishes a 'thousand of the exuberant poor population of Ireland' would emigrate to Van Diemen's Land.

S. Bannister (London) to Horton, 16 September 1823 (Item)

Had sought access to papers so that he could take to New South Wales copies of legal opinions that might relate to colonial legislation.

S. Bannister to [Horton], 13 October 1823 (Item)

Wishes to know when his salary as Attorney-General will commence.

S. Bannister (on board Hibernia) to [Horton], 16 January 1824 (Item)

Requests certain books and government reports be sent to New South Wales; would help to keep local legislation within necessary limits.

S. Bannister (Sydney) to Horton, 3 November 1824 (Item)

His position and salary not satisfactory; legal position in the colony.

S. Bannister (London) to Horton, 27 August 1829 (Item)

His claim for money due, which he will put before Privy Council if not satisfied by Sir George Murray. With 9 attachments, including 'Case of Mr Bannister' (7pp) and letters from Bannister to Horton, Sir George Murray and R.W. Hay.

S. Bannister to Horton, 16 February 1830 (Item)

Complaints regarding his salary and allowances in New South Wales and his present claim.

S. Bannister to Horton, 7 March 1830 (Item)

Seeks copy of Horton's declaration to Secretary of State on his case.

S. Bannister to Horton, 18 March 1830 (Item)

Seeks reply to his letter.

R.W. Hay to Horton, 8 April 1830 (Item)

Case of S. Bannister.

S. Bannister to Horton, 12 April 1830 (Item)

Statement of his claims.

S. Bannister to Horton, 24 April 1830 (Item)

Misfortunes due to delay in settling his claim.

S. Bannister to Horton, 27 April 1830 (Item)

Seeks an answer to this letter which is being delivered by a friend.

S. Bannister to Horton, 30 April 1830 (Item)

His friend was unable to see Horton; seeks an answer.

S. Bannister to W. Horton, 3 May 1830 (Item)

Seeks reply with copy of note to Sir George Murray.

William Tooke to Horton, 4 May 1830 (Item)

Has advised Bannister to apply directly to him for extra allowances; present salary of Attorney-General in New South Wales is now higher than that sought by Bannister.

S. Bannister to [Horton], 20 May 1830 (Item)

Hopes he has submitted to Colonial Office letters sent some time before.

S. Bannister to Horton, 30 May 1830 (Item)

Believes he fulfilled his duties in Sydney; refer to letter sent to Colonial Office in 1828.

S. Bannister to Horton, 5 July 1830 (Item)

Has applied to Secretary of State for copies of letters on his claim, but Horton's letters are not part of the official correspondence.

S. Bannister to Horton, 19 July 1830 (Item)

Seeks copies of letters; criticizes Sir Thomas Brisbane and Sir Ralph Darling; hopeful of result of this struggle.

S. Bannister to Horton, 29 January 1831 (Item)

Lord Lansdowne's plan to support a petition to House of Lords on his claim; hopes Horton will testify to Secretary of State.

S. Bannister to Horton, 7 March 1831 (Item)

Requests he approach Lord Goderich on Bannister's behalf.

Horton (Petersham) to S. Bannister, 18 March 1831 (Item)

Apologises for delay in approaching Lord Goderich; his letter to Sir George Murray.

S. Bannister to Lord Goderich, 13 May 1831 (Item)

Appeal on his case.

S. Bannister to Lord Bathurst, 16 May 1831 (Item)

Appeal on his case.

S. Bannister to [Horton], 20 May 1831 (Item)

Encloses letters to Government; seeks his views.

Two undated notes from Bannister to Horton (Item)

J.T. Bigge (London) to Horton, 17 June 1822 (Item)

Sends amended copy of first part of report on New South Wales; conduct of S. Lord and Governor Macquarie; recommended changes on pardons.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 21 June 1822 (Item)

Trade protection.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 25 June 1822 (Item)

Bill to be brought before House of Commons; question of perpetual indemnity for Governor Macquarie for levying illegal duties.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 14 July 1822 (Item)

Cluses necessary for New South Wales Duty Bill.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 31 July 1822 (Item)

Second part of report; it will contain a reference to W.C. Wentworth and a scurrilous poem, with a statement on Wentworth.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 27 August 1822 (Item)

Letter received from New South Wales; surprised by news of sale of furniture of Government House and receipt of proceeds by L. Macquarie; Bigge was told he would never discover extensive frauds until Macquarie left colony.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 29 August 1822 (Item)

Sends abstract of his report and beginning of another with added observations and instruction to Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 9 September 1822 (Item)

Sends a confidential communication on conduct of certain people in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land in the administration of justice.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 28 September 1822 (Item)

Leaving London soon.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 4 February 1822 (Item)

Returns papers on J. Wylde and E. Eagar.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, November 1822 (Item)

Emigration; quarrels and marriages on voyages to New South Wales; question of emigration being handled by a company.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 6 November 1822 (Item)

Returns second part of report.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 16 November 1822 (Item)

Arrangements for his voyage to Mauritius.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 2 December 1822 (Item)

Sends documents with comments.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 9 December 1822 (Item)

Regarding a prosecution.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 14 December 1822 (Item)

Arrangements for his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 16 December 1822 (Item)

Communication received by Horton on Bigge's Commission of Enquiry.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 26 December 1822 (Item)

Plans for ex-convicts will arouse objections; possibility of a former convict serving on a jury and therefore being a judge of other convicts.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 26 December 1822 (Item)

Civil offices which might be filled by time-expired convicts.

Frederick Goulburn (Sydney) to Captain Allman (Port Macquarie), 28 December 1822 (Item)

Requests inventory of supplies received between arrival of Governor Brisbane and 31 December. 1822 and a statement of produce of convict labour in that period.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Request from Treasury for communication regarding Bigge's passage.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 6 January 1823 (Item)

Communication concerning Major Colebrooke and Bigge.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 27 January 1823 (Item)

Lord Bathurst has not considered seniority among medical officers in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land; offer by Governor Macquarie to Priest of post of surgeon at Port Dalrymple.

Frederick Goulburn to Captain Allam, 13 May 1823 (Item)

Reply to circular; proposes to set up board to audit accounts.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 25 September 1823 (Item)

Report on Cape Colony.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 26 September 1823 (Item)

His Bill for New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land; report that Sir Thomas Brisbane has offered his resignation; interest of Sir Thomas Pritzler in post; natural resources of new South Wales appear advantageous; appointment of Colonel Arthur as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land; shipload of convicts passing through Cape Town; Norfolk Island too delightful a place to be suitable for convicts.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 26 September 1823 (Item)

Abilities of Colonel C. Bird, Colonial Secretary of Cape Colony.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 4 February 1823 (Item)

Publication of documents attached to his report.

Frederick Goulburn to Captain F. Allman, 14 June 1824 (Item)

Scurvy at Port Macquarie; need for company to recover health before sailing to India; Governor's approbation of Allman's command.

Francis Allman (Sydney) to J.T. Bigge, 10 September 1824 (Item)

Resources of Port Macquarie; high production of convicts; approbation of Governors Macquarie and Brisbane; names and salaries of men filling civil offices.

J.T. Bigge (Cape Town) to Horton, 13 October 1824 (Item)

Inadequacy of salary of Colonel Sorell; recommends a rise of £400 per annum backdated to June 1820; his effective administration of Van Diemen's Land.

J.T. Bigge and William Colebrooke (Cape Town) to Horton, 30 November 1824 (Item)

Subjects to be covered in report; plan proposed for civil and judicial authorities at Cape Colony. (15pp)

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 10 December 1824 (Item)

Business of Commissioner retarded by an injury.

J.T. Bigge (Cape Town) to Horton, 7 March 1825 (Item)

Implementation of his report on New South Wales; revision of import duty on wool imported from New South Wales; good work of Captain. Allman at Port Macquarie; he may later move his family to New South Wales; hears that Francis Forbes is universally esteemed.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 26 March 1825 (Item)

Sends letter from Scott about attack on Bigge by W.C. Wentworth.

Two notes about libel by W.C. Wentworth: Governor Darling instructed to prevent publication of unlicensed newspapers, n.d. (Item)

M. Bigge (Malvern) to Horton, 11 July 1825 (Item)

Precarious health of J.T. Bigge; he should be given option of returning.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, 24 February 1825 (Item)

His health is slowly improving; hopes Horton has not acted on his conditional resignation.

J.T. Bigge (London) to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Defence against Eagar's attack; his second report on judicial establishments and police.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Sends an alteration for approval.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Sends second part of report on judicature and police; New South Wales wine imported by Blaxland.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, [n.y.]-02-21 (Item)

Returns a draft.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Requests return of printed Act for New South Wales.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Imminent departure.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Hopes he has given F. Forbes information and encouragement to induce him to accept offer of Chief Justiceship of New South Wales; recommends there be only one judge in Sydney and Hobart; John Wylde; Barron Field.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Application to wear a uniform.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Condition of W.C. Wentworth's publishing an explanation of his libel.

J.T. Bigge to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Interpretation of Act on Trade in New South Wales; salaries for certain posts in the colony.

Memorandum to Government establishments on superintendents' salary allowances, stores and staff, 8 March 1824 (Item)

Sir Thomas Brisbane (Parramatta) to [Horton], 13 May 1824 (Item)

Plans for processing hides of cattle.

Sir Thomas Brisbane to [Horton], 1 July 1824 (Item)

Introduces Brown, merchant in New South Wales, who can give information on the colony.

Circular to Government departments seeking information on convicts, 10 July 1824 (Item)

Circular to clergymen and magistrates seeking information on people wanting land, n.d. (Item)

Sir Thomas Brisbane to [Horton], 3 November 1824 (Item)

Australian Agricultural Company.

Frederick Goulburn (Sydney) to Sir Thomas Brisbane, 25 January 1825 (Item)

Convict labour for Hannibal Macarthur.

Hannibal Macarthur to Major J. Ovens, 25 December 1824 (Item)

Insufficient convict agricultural labourers.

List of applications made by H. Macarthur for convict servants, n.d. (Item)

Hannibal Macarthur to Sir Thomas Brisbane, 9 December 1824 (Item)

Inadequate agricultural staff.

List of convicts assigned to H. Macarthur since 1 December 1821, n.d. (Item)

Abstract of returns as to trials before New South Wales Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, 1819 - 1824 (Item)

Sir Thomas Brisbane to Duke of Wellington, 5 April 1823 (Item)

Policy of making convict labour productive; sending statement on finances, resources and crime in colony. (extracts)

Sir Thomas Brisbane (Sydney) to General Sir Herbert Taylor, 29 January 1825 (Item)

Case of Major John Ovens; need for more troops since resumption of Norfolk Island; wishes Lieut. Stirling to continue as his ADC; attacks on Brisbane by Barron Field.

Sir Thomas Brisbane to Horton, 31 January 1825 (Item)

Correcting an error in accounts; work of convict labourers; Brisbane's financial losses arising from his appointment; attack by Barren Field; Hannibal Macarthur.

T.F. Buxton (London) to [Horton], 7 August 1823 (Item)

Elizabeth Fry wishes to discuss convicts sent to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

T.F. Buxton (Aylsham) to [Horton], 28 November 1824 (Item)

Dr Henry Douglass.

G. Canning to Horton, 25 June 1822 (Item)

Introduces William Kermode who is about to settle in Van Diemen's Land.

Richard Carter (Liverpool) to Horton, 23 April 1825 (Item)

Expenditure on education of his sons; inquires about possibility of a church appointment.

Richard Carter to Horton, 14 May 1825 (Item)

Thanks for help; not hopeful of a post.

William Carter (Sydney) to Horton, 2 October 1825 (Item)

Thanks for assistance to father; will send £50 to cover money advanced; Francis Forbes.

Richard Carter (Neston) to Horton, 15 May 1826 (Item)

Seeks help to send his son Richard and wife to New South Wales.

John Carter (Liverpool) to Horton, 31 July 1826 (Item)

Help in sending brother Richard and one of his sons overseas.

William Carter (Sydney) to Horton, 6 October 1826 (Item)

Denies that he is a drunkard; will send another £50 to his father in 1827 and then £100 each year.

John Carter to Horton, 15 November 1826 (Item)

£0 received.

John Carter to Horton, 22 November 1826 (Item)

Asks that Horton send him £50 directly to save the bank commision.

John Carter to Horton, 23 December 1826 (Item)

Thanks for money.

William Carter to Horton, 4 March 1827 (Item)

Account of one of his legal cases in which Thompson and Sudds were sentenced; death of Sudds; attacks on Carter by Dr Wardell in the Australian; appealing to have his old travelling allowances as chairman of Quarter Sessions continued. Enclosure: letter to Alexander McLeay, 27 February. 1827.

Richard Carter (Chester) to Horton, 6 March 1827 (Item)

Thanks for kindness.

Richard Carter (Shotwich) to Horton, 3 April 1827 (Item)

Thanks for help.

William Carter (Sydney) to Horton, 25 May 1827 (Item)

Doubts that Francis Forbes is really interested in restoring Carter's allowances; fears he will never be able to settle his debts.

William Carter to Horton, 23 October 1827 (Item)

Francis Forbes; inquires whether Carter could be given a seat on the Bench; illness; attack on un-named judge.Includes duplicate.

William Carter to Horton, 28 October 1827 (Item)

Governor Darling has offered him post of Sheriff due to Horton's influence; sorry that John Mackaness will be deprived of livelihood; Darling's difficulties; controls placed on newspaper editors.

Richard Carter to Horton, 15 November 1827 (Item)

His son William has not sent remittance.

Richard Carter to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Regarding Carter's library.

William Carter to Horton, 13 December 1827 (Item)

Government matters.

William Carter to Horton, 26 May 1828 (Item)

Congratulations on new appointment; regrets he will no longer be concerned with colonies.

John Carter (Liverpool) to Horton, 14 March 1831 (Item)

Thanks for help he gave his late father.

M. Carter (London) to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Passing through London; thanks for help Horton has given his family; father's health.

Major W. Colebrooke (on board Lady Campbell) to Horton, 30 April 1823 (Item)

L'Armide has left for East Indies; importance of Philippines as trading post; Spanish War.

Major W. Colebrooke (Madeira) to Horton, 16 May 1827 (Item)

Fears that French have designs on Philippines; Singapore; slave trade; domestic colonisation of William Allan.

F. Forbes (London) to Horton, 26 December 1822 (Item)

Has discussed with J.T. Bigge topics he had mentioned.

Horton (Catton) to [F. Forbes], 30 December 1822 (Item)

Position of pardoned and time-expired convicts. Reply by Forbes at end of letter, 1 January. 1823.

F. Forbes to Horton, 3 February 1823 (Item)

Need for greater caution in selection of judges for colonial service.

F. Forbes to Horton, 5 May 1823 (Item)

Working on New South Wales Bill.

F. Forbes to Horton, 26 May 1823 (Item)

New South Wales Bill.

F. Forbes to Horton, [1823]-05-31 (Item)

Appointment of Chief Justice of Newfoundland.

F. Forbes to Horton, 3 June 1823 (Item)

R. Tucker appointed Chief Justice of Newfoundland.

F. Forbes to Horton, [1823]-06-09 (Item)

Sends official letters on going to New South Wales.

F. Forbes to Horton, 21 August 1823 (Item)

Sends papers on Lieutenant Colonel. W. Sorell.

F. Forbes to Horton, 22 August 1823 (Item)

Thanks for kindnesses.

F. Forbes (Rio de Janeiro) to Horton, 19 November 1823 (Item)

Delay due to a leak; political situation in Brazil.

F. Forbes to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Newfoundland Bill.

F. Forbes (Sydney) to Horton, 10 July 1824 (Item)

Supreme Court has completed its first criminal session; differences between Governor and Colonial Secretary; land grants; insurrection of Indigenous Australians in interior.

F. Forbes to Horton, 14 August 1824 (Item)

Thanks for introducing Mills and Carter; parties satisfied with new trial procedures; need for court rules and fees; difficulty of obtaining testimony from Aboriginal people; appointment of Commissioner; functions of Governor and Colonial Secretary; expeditions to Melville Island and Moreton Bay. (22pp)

F. Forbes to Horton, 7 November 1824 (Item)

Formation of Legislative Council; Court of Requests; Court of Sessions; discovery of Moreton Bay; liberty of the press; civil officers. (19pp)

F. Forbes to Horton, 6 February 1825 (Item)

Howell's case; Governor Brisbane; utilisation of labour of settlers and convicts; jury system; Moreton Bay; distilleries; Legislative Council; Attorney-General; secretary to the Governor; trade of the colony. (25pp)

F. Forbes to Horton, 29 June 1825 (Item)

Van Diemen's Land petition; tobacco duties; tender system; dismissal of magistrates; Macarthur's official case; Howell case; grievance of Captain King against Governor Brisbane; implementation of Bigge's recommendations. (37pp)

F. Forbes to Horton, 26 November 1825 (Item)

Retirement of Sir Thomas Brisbane; corrupting influence of convictism; the press; trial by jury; need for contact between legislators and taxpayers; Brisbane's complaint about his recall. (27pp)

F. Forbes to Horton, 6 February 1826 (Item)

Climate, difficulty over appointment of new archdeacon.

F. Forbes to Horton, 5 September 1827 (Item)

Difficulty over appointment of J. Stephen as Prothonotary of Supreme Court; unnecessary post; bias arising from Colonel Dumaresq being Clerk of Executive Council; death of J. Holland. Attachment: F. Forbes to J. Holland, 27 January. 1827.

F. Forbes to Horton, 7 March 1828 (Item)

Argument over wigs; Forbes's differences with Governor Darling; suicide of Mills who had incurred Governor's displeasure; dismissal of civil officers; Executive Council. (25pp)

F. Forbes to Horton, 28 December 1828 (Item)

Regrets that Horton and W. Huskisson have left Colonial Office; use of juries in Supreme Court; case of Dr Douglass; failure of Australian Agricultural Company; droughts; direct control of departments by Governor; question of whether there is an inland sea; hostility towards Forbes in colony. (16pp)

R. Gouger (London) to Horton, 3 February 1830 (Item)

Gouger's writings on colonisation have been republished as A letter from Sydney; some people are pressing to have his ideas on emigration implemented.

R. Gouger to Horton, 12 March 1830 (Item)

Next meeting of Emigration Society.

R. Gouger to Horton, 3 April 1830 (Item)

Regrets his lack of support.

R. Gouger to Horton, 12 June 1830 (Item)

Invites Horton to chair meeting of National Colonisation Society.

R. Gouger to Horton, 21 June 1830 (Item)

Next meeting.

R. Gouger to Horton, 24 June 1830 (Item)

Horton has been voted on to Sub-Committee.

Horton to R. Gouger, 5 July 1830 (Item)

Revenue from land in colonies to be used for labourers; concentration most recommended for Australia. (draft)

R. Gouger to Horton, 12 July 1830 (Item)

Next meeting of National Colonisation Society.

R. Gouger to Horton, 3 December 1830 (Item)

Next meeting of National Colonisation Society.

R. Gouger to Horton, 20 December 1830 (Item)

Settling of accounts of Society; inaccurate statements in Horton's pamphlet.

F. Goulburn (Sydney) to H. Goulburn, 21 July 1821 (Item)

Trouble over pork brought into New South Wales from Tahiti and over law regulating storage of gunpowder.

H. Goulburn (Killarney) to Horton, 15 August 1824 (Item)

Visit by Dr H. Douglass who discussed matters in New South Wales.

H. Goulburn (Dublin) to Horton, 20 November 1824 (Item)

Disagreement between Sir Thomas Brisbane and Frederick Goulburn in New South Wales.

H. Goulburn to Horton, 27 November 1824 (Item)

Hopes that recall of his brother is not done so as to attach any blame on him.

H. Goulburn to Horton, 28 June 1825 (Item)

Recommends Raymond for appointment in New South Wales.

H. Goulburn to Horton, 29 September 1825 (Item)

Inquires about sending £100 to wife of a convict in New South Wales.

H. Goulburn to Horton, 9 November 1825 (Item)

Information from his brother about the appeal case of Macarthur and Campbell.

H. Goulburn to Horton, 13 September 1826 (Item)

Apprenticing boys in Prince Edward Isles.

E. Littleton (London) to Horton, 8 July 1825 (Item)

Conveyance of Tippahee to his home in New Zealand.

[E. Littleton] to Horton, 13 March 1826 (Item)

Sheriff of Van Diemen's Land is seeking a grant of land.

H. Hobhouse (London) to Horton, 2 July 1823 (Item)

New South Wales Bill.

H. Hobhouse to Horton, 5 July 1823 (Item)

New South Wales Bill.

William Huskisson (1770-1830): W. Huskisson (Somerley) to Horton, 6 January 1823 (File)

Might go to Essington Bay; suggests flax be sent from New Zealand to New Holland rather than exporting common flax from Europe.

William Huskisson (1770-1830): W. Huskisson (Eartham) to Horton, 18 September 1827 (File)

Letters of F. Forbes; considers him a good appointment; Britain has relied too much on the military in filling governorships; R. Darling is not really suitable for New South Wales.

'Copy of a letter from a gentleman lately resident in New South Wales to Mr Wimot Horton', n.d. (Item)

Treatment of convicts in New South Wales.

Iceley to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Comments on a letter about convicts.

S. Donaldson (London) to Horton, 26 April 1831 (Item)

Comments on letters on the sale of land in New South Wales; agrees with views of J.D. Lang.

'Extracts of letters to New South Wales respecting the new regulations of Government for the sale of land', February 1831 (Item)

Horton to J.D. Lang, 8 April 1831 (Item)

Refers to recommendations of Emigration Committees in 1826 and 1827 on labour needed in New South Wales and assistance for emigrants.

Table of population statistics for New South Wales (printed), 25 September 1829 (Item)

Notes on emigration of labourers, n.d. (Item)

JD Lang to Horton, 18 April 1934 (Item)

Improvement of the colonies; Agricultural operations; Land in New South Wales; price, sale to government, advantages to colonists.

Prospectus of the Australasian Company (printed), n.d. (Item)

Sketch showing John Macarthur's land in the county of Camden, New South Wales, and the adjoining Government land (Item)

With a statement on his terms for holding this estate.

J. Macarthur (London) to Horton, 14 April 1822 (Item)

Free and convict labour; some emigrants will be deterred by distance of New South Wales; it appears emigrants are offered land on more advantageous terms than established settlers.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 16 April 1823 (Item)

Dangers of valuation of land by Surveyor General; suggests land should only be classified as good or bad and quit rents be levied for emigrants; intentions of his father regarding development of agriculture in the colony.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 12 January 1823 (Item)

College friend is son of Gilbert Mathison, landholder in Jamaica.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-03-03 (Item)

Meeting between Horton and Tooke.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-03-21 (Item)

Tooke will be glad to do investigation for Horton.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 27 March 1823 (Item)

Suggests emigration be discussed at annual assembly of Quakers.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 28 March 1823 (Item)

Improving quality of settlers in New South Wales; quit rent scheme is not satisfactory.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-03-31 (Item)

Sends memorandum on quit rents.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-04-08 (Item)

Sends remarks on New South Wales Bill.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 17 April 1823 (Item)

Sends notes on labour and land in New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 21 April 1823 (Item)

Sends article 'Observations on the mode of encouraging the emigration of agricultural servants etc.'

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-05-28 (Item)

Committee of Colonies and Trade will propose any of his suggestions.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-06-03 (Item)

Has analysed reports on New South Wales Bill.

J. Macarthur (Devizes) to Horton, [1823]-06-08 (Item)

New South Wales Bill.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-06-13 (Item)

Major Taylor wishes to dedicate to Horton his drawings of Port Jackson and Sydney.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823-07-06?] (Item)

New South Wales Bill; opposition of Sir James McIntosh.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-08-09 (Item)

Hemp cannot be grown profitably in New South Wales; Scott's educational plans; opposition to Sir Thomas Brisbane; Kelly seeks employment in Australia. Enclosure: newspaper cutting giving description of Van Diemen's Land, 7 November. 1822.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1823]-08-31 (Item)

Copies of premiums sent to colonies; his brother is about to leave for New South Wales; currency difficulties.

J. Macarthur (Devizes) to Horton, 11 September 1823 (Item)

Need to raise exports to match imports.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 20 September 1823 (Item)

Appointment of a Council in New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 11 October 1823 (Item)

Position of new settlers and exports both improving in New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824]-01-19 (Item)

Sends journal of his younger brother travelling through inland New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 6 February 1824 (Item)

Sends letter describing a plan to irrigate parts of Van Diemen's Land.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824]-05-04 (Item)

Will wait on Lord Bathurst.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824]-05-08 (Item)

Tanners consider mimosa bark could be useful.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 26 May 1824 (Item)

Refers to H. Bennet's pamphlet on New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 11 May 1824 (Item)

Australian Bill.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824-05-13?] (Item)

Australian Bill.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824-05-18?] (Item)

Objections to proposed company for Van Diemen's Land.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824-05-27?] (Item)

Bill may be impeded in House of Lords and also formation of any company in the colony.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824-05-27?] (Item)

Proposed company.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 12 July 1824 (Item)

His father's suggestion of land grants to civil and military servants of East India Company.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1824-08-14?] (Item)

Governor Brisbane should be ordered to give J. Macarthur possession of land.

Horton to J. Macarthur, 21 August 1824 (Item)

Hopes Macarthur did not provide material for an article in Morning Chronicle on his family in New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 27 August 1824 (Item)

Macarthur had no involvement in newspaper article on New South Wales.

J. Macarthur (London) to Horton, 27 October 1824 (Item)

News from New South Wales; F. Forbes has opened court; his father has taken possession of the land; grants and quit rents.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 2 November 1824 (Item)

Employment of convicts in New South Wales; need for capital; emigration.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 21 November 1824 (Item)

Reports on Dr H. Douglass by P.P. King.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 22 December 1824 (Item)

Sends copies of essays of J. Mill.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 1 January 1825 (Item)

Offers a share in a British railway company.

J Macarthur to Horton, 20 January 1825 (Item)

Encloses receipts for shares in the London and Brisol Rail Road Company.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 7 February 1825 (Item)

Proposed new companies would threaten Australian company.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 25 July 1825 (Item)

Seeks name of the man appointed to form the Council in New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 28 December 1825 (Item)

Doubts that erection of penitentiaries in New South Wales would remove evils attendant on transportation.

J. Macarthur to Horton, May 1826 (Item)

Inquires if any city interest could aid him in elections; Company's flocks have started well; petition from Australia to Lord Bathurst.

J. Macarthur to Horton, 12 November 1827 (Item)

Seeks an interview.

J. Macarthur to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Horton's position as vice-president of the Society of Arts.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [1825] (Item)

Question of penitentiaries.

J. Macarthur to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Possibility of standing for Parliament.

J. Macarthur to Horton, [n.y.]-07-08 (Item)

Arranging an appointment.

J. Macarthur to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Offers two pairs of stuffed birds from New South Wales.

J. Macarthur to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Extract from second report of J.T. Bigge; Governor needs legislative authority over regulations that differ from laws of England.

J. Macarthur to Horton, n.d. (Item)

May wait on W. Huskisson regarding proposed Australian Company.

J. Macarthur to Horton, n.d. (Item)

Attitude of H. Goulburn towards Macarthur Family.

[J. Macarthur] Part of a statement on convict and emigrant labour and government expenditure, n.d. (Item)

[J. Macarthur] Statement on Douglass-Marsden case, 5 June 1824 (Item)

[J. Macarthur] Statement on disposal of land through sales and grants (Item)

Refers to piece of land at Camden which John Macarthur could use.

[J. Macarthur] Statement on Court of Appeals, trial by jury and insolvents (Item)

R. Matheson (London) to Horton, 21 August 1829 (Item)

Refers to pauper emigration and W. Cobbett's book The Emigrants. (10pp)

R. Matheson to Horton, 28 August 1829 (Item)

Refers to articles 'Sketch of a proposal for colonising Australasia' in Morning Chronicle.

Copy of a letter from author [E.G. Wakefield] of 'Sketch of a proposal for colonising Australasia' (Item)

R. Matheson to Horton, 10 October 1832 (Item)

Refers to sale of land in the colonies.

W. Morris (Penang) to Horton, 27 December 1836 (Item)

Straits Court of Judicature; climate; will go on circuit to Singapore and Malacca.

W. Morris to Horton, 18 February 1837 (Item)

Relations between governors and the Supreme Court.

W. Morris to Horton, 18 February 1837 (Item)

Will send a black pony and nutmeg plants.

W. Morris to Horton, 3 March 1837 (Item)

Horsford.

W. Morris to Horton, 3 March 1837 (Item)

Owen Glenie.

W. Morris to Horton, 3 March 1837 (Item)

'Our worthy friend the sergeant'.

W. Morris to Horton, 15 March 1837 - 24 March 1837 (Item)

Lady Horton's departure for England; voyage to Singapore on Diana; piracy.

W. Morris to Horton, 13 June 1837 (Item)

Imminent departure for Trincomalee; Horsford.

Lord Palmerston to Horton, 30 October 1823 (Item)

Alexander Ward, a convict transported to New South Wales.

Lord Palmerston to Horton, 10 August 1825 (Item)

Thanks for reply about Dr H. Douglass.

R. Peel (London) to Horton, 4 July 1825 (Item)

Governor of New South Wales should discourage private applications to receive convicts; H. Savery and surgeon Connolly.

R. Peel to Horton, 12 July 1826 (Item)

Hears H. Savery has been selected to publish official gazette at Hobart; emigration to colonies.

[Horton] to Sir Robert Peel, n.d. (Item)

Secondary punishment; forwards letter from J. Stephen.

John Stephen to Horton, 19 June 1830 (Item)

Transportation system in New South Wales. (7pp)

Copies of papers by J. Sterling, W. Hutt and Colonel R. Torrens on emigration and colonial land economics, in association with National Colonisation Society, n.d. (Item)

Sir Herbert Taylor (London) to Horton, 14 July 1823 (Item)

Colonel. Stewart of the Buffs.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Horton, 21 August 1823 (Item)

Re: Colonel G. Arthur.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Horton, 26 August 1823 (Item)

Re: Colonel. Arthur.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Horton, 16 December 1824 (Item)

Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Horton, 3 January 1825 (Item)

Expenses of governor of New South Wales.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Horton, 27 June 1825 (Item)

Sends letter from Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Sir Herbert Taylor to Horton, 27 June 1825 (Item)

Another regiment for New South Wales.

R. Torrens to Horton, 22 March 1826 (Item)

Need for emigration to relieve poverty in Britain; his theory on maximum and minimum wages.

R. Torrens to Horton, 25 March 1826 (Item)

Similarity of their views on emigration.

R. Torrens to Horton, 9 May 1826 (Item)

Delay in promoting his plan.

R. Torrens (Paris) to Horton, 29 August 1826 (Item)

Treatment of their articles in the Globe; work on the corn laws.

R. Torrens (London) to Horton, 27 October 1826 (Item)

Comments on the papers sent by Horton of the economics of land.

Fulham to Horton, 20 February 1826 (Item)

Presents compliments of Lt Col Torrens and requests his acceptance of a new solution of his work on the Corn Trade.

R. Torrens to Horton, 1 April 1827 (Item)

Need to remove redundant supply of labour without increasing public expenditure.

R. Torrens to Horton, 22 May 1827 (Item)

Emigration needed to aid working classes in England.

R. Torrens to Horton, 4 July 1827 (Item)

His need for parliamentary or official employment.

R. Torrens to Horton, 9 July 1827 (Item)

Seeks employment; will offer the Globe as a political organ.

R. Torrens to Horton, 10 July 1827 (Item)

Believes he is owed a seat in Parliament; his offer of the Globe.

R. Torrens to Horton, 13 November 1837 (Item)

Introduces Merle, second editor of the Globe.

R. Torrens to Horton, [n.y.]-12-19 (Item)

Corn article.

R. Torrens to Horton, 12 January 1828 (Item)

Dismayed by alterations to Horton's article in the Globe.

R. Torrens to Horton, 20 February 1828 (Item)

His place on Colonial Land Board would make reparations for past treatment by the Treasury.

R. Torrens to Horton, 29 March 1830 (Item)

Agrees that emigration would help combat pauperism.

R. Torrens to Horton, 16 June 1830 (Item)

Horton's fourth series on pauperism.

R. Torrens to Horton, 24 February 1831 (Item)

Publication of his pamphlet on emigration.

Torrens to Horton, 8 February 1929 (Item)

Land board; emmigration; seeking appointment on the new Colonial Board.

W. Wilberforce (London) to Horton, 1 August 1823 (Item)

Fred Finley.

W. Wilberforce (Coventry) to Horton, 20 August 1823 (Item)

Fred Finley.

W. Wilberforce (Bath) to Horton, 7 November 1824 (Item)

Fred Finley.

W. Wilberforce to Horton, 25 November 1824 (Item)

Hears Dr Douglass is to return to New South Wales in an official capacity.

Statement regarding Colonel Arthur attributed to Horton in Blackwoods Magazine, 17 March 1830 (Item)

E. Power (Lichfield) to Horton, 1 February 1836 (Item 874)

Australian Company wishes to start business in Ceylon.

List of ships trading in India, China and British colonies east of the Cape of Good Hope from the port of London, 15 February 1836 (Item 884)

Horton (Lausanne) to [unknown], 21 August 1828 (Item 937)

Death of Mills; Horton no longer connected with colonial affairs so no purpose in sending detailed news from New South Wales.

Horton (Petersham) to J. Black, 16 February 1831 (Item 955)

Quit rents.

Horton to Lord Howick, 18 January 1831 (Item 956)

Tennant's views on colonisation.

Colonel G. Arthur (Hobart) to Horton, 10 December 1834 (Item 1187)

Alligator leaving for Madras tomorrow; has met Baron Hugel and Horton's son Frederick.

Governor Richard Bourke (Parramatta) to Horton, 23 February 1834 (Item 1189)

Press more free and licentious than in London; newspaper accounts not necessarily accurate; colony is flourishing; emigration and the land; disposal of Crown lands has not yet concentrated the population; wool; overstocked with immigrant clerks from London.

Richard Bourke to Horton, 22 August 1834 (Item 1190)

Fine qualities of Horton's son; depression; insolvent civil servants removed from posts; William Carter; good wool clip.

Richard Bourke (Maitland) to Horton, 22 November 1834 (Item 1191)

Tour of northern districts; visit to Potter Macqueen, the first Australian magnate; news of Lord Bathurst; F. Forbes.

James Busby (London) to Horton, 23 August 1831 (Item 1193)

Returned from New South Wales; approves new regulations for land grants but colony needs men of capita as well as labourers; proposes that in future services of convicts should not be given away gratuitously but by tender.

William Carter (Sydney) to Horton, 10 March 1833 (Item 1194)

Sends copy of letter to Lord Goderich.

William Carter to Lord Goderich, 7 May 1832 (Item 1195)

Protests against his dismissal as master of Supreme Court.

William Carter to Horton, 4 August 1835 (Item 1196)

Has been able to support his family by legal work; Governor Bourke would not restore him to list of magistrates; seeks Horton's influence to obtain position on the bench.

Francis Forbes (Sydney) to Horton, 26 November 1834 (Item 1202)

Impressed with Horton's son; cessation of trade between India and Australia; describes Sydney; potential trade of Australia. (12pp)

Thomas Macqueen (Sydney) to Horton, 20 August 1834 (Item 1205)

Death of Macqueen's wife; return to his Australian estates; emigration of pauper families; position regarding quit rent on part of land with Hart Davis.

Thomas Macqueen to Horton, 26 July 1835 (Item 1206)

Property is thriving; setting up establishment to salt beef and pork.

Horton to R. Hart Davis, 27 September 1835 (Item 1208)

Quit rents.

G.D. Riddell (Sydney) to Horton, 31 July 1833 (Item 1210)

Report of Commissioners; his views on emigration and emigrant labourers; free settlers can afford high wages; present system should be continued but need to encourage emigration of good people of both sexes.

C. Roberts (Batavia) to Horton, 7 February 1836 (Item 1213)

Unsuccessful in obtaining suitable articles for Lady Horton's centre table; would like some Singhalese figures.

Henry Forbes (Madras) to Horton, 21 November 1832 (Item 1356)

Refers to a brother come lately from New South Wales.

'Terms upon which Crown lands will be disposed of in New South Wales and Van Diemen's land', 20 January 1837 (Item 1564)

Newspaper cutting referring to report of the Select Committee on the sale of land in the colonies, 18 February 1837 (Item 1565)

H. Dumaresq (St Albans) to Horton, 3 January 1828 (Item 1572)

Information contained in recent letters from New South Wales; conduct of F. Forbes.

W. Dumaresq (Sydney) to Horton, 22 January 1830 (Item 2503)

Petition to Sir George Murray on colony's need for more exports; pastoralism must be superseded by other industries; end of drought; land regulations; heavy consumption of alcohol; excursion of Dr Wilson from King George's Sound; proposed bill requiring press to pay sureties against libel actions; Murrumbidgee expedition of Captain C. Sturt. (19pp)

Newspaper cutting giving an account of South Australian Commissioners dinner on board the Coromandel, n.d. (Item 2558)

James Busby to Horton, June 1831 (Item 2627)

Need for labourers in New South Wales; economic situation in the colony; produce; proposed emigration. (53pp)

R.J. Wilmot Horton (London) to Sir Robert Peel, n.d. (Item)

Statement on the economics of assisted emigration.

R.J. Wilmot Horton (Sudbury Park) to C. Tennant, 30 August 1830 (Item)

His retirement from the National Colonisation Society. The Times never takes any notice of his views, has been said to be because Mr. Stirling is one of the three principal writers and he is the brother of Captain Stirling who has just got an immense grant of land from Sir George Murray, and he is against the disposal of future grants.

C. Tennant to Horton, 9 September 1830 (Item 2939)

J. Sterling has no connection with Captain. Sterling in New South Wales.

Coke (Chatham) to his father D'Ewes Coke, 23 October 1825 (Item)

Order for 29 men to sail to New South Wales on a convict ship; possibility of his transferring to the Highlanders.

Coke to his uncle John Coke, [1825]-10 (Item)

His company will go to New South Wales; hears well of the country.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 5 November 1825 (Item)

Fifty men and two officers have already sailed for New South Wales; he will probably sail in January.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 8 November 1825 (Item)

Life at Chatham; his brother Edward; pay and conditions for guard duty on a convict ship.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 12 November 1825 (Item)

Prospects of promotion; practice of buying into a company.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 2 December 1825 (Item)

Return of part of the regiment from Ireland; more ships taken up for New South Wales.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 15 December 1825 (Item)

Sails for Cork on 22 December to collect convicts.

Coke to John Coke, 15 December 1825 (Item)

Leaves Deptford on 22 December. to collect convicts.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 17 December 1825 (Item)

Will march to Deptford and boarding Regalia with 30 soldiers; financial matters.

Coke (Deptford) to D'Ewes Coke, 22 December 1825 (Item)

Regalia will go to Kingston; preparations for departure.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 28 December 1825 (Item)

Conditions on board; trouble with soldiers.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 7 January 1826 (Item)

Delayed by storms.

Coke (Dublin) to D'Ewes Coke, 19 January 1826 (Item)

Long stormy passage; convicts appear very rough.

Coke (Kingston) to D'Ewes Coke and John Coke, 26 January 1826 - 2 March 1826 (Item)

Boarding of prisoners; hopes to return in three years; delays due to storms; fever among convicts; captain of Regalia appears incapable; quarrels with surgeon; continued adverse winds. (6 letters)

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 20 April 1826 - May 1826 (Item)

Becalmed in tropics; a convict plot to murder the soldiers and sail to South America; life on board ship; an encounter with a pirate ship; visit to Rio de Janeiro.

W. Rutherford (surgeon) to Coke, 1 June 1826 (Item)

Complaint about soldier Pearse.

T.C. Crotty (Chatham) to D'Ewes Coke, 24 August 1826 (Item)

William S. Coke.

Coke (Sydney) to John Coke, December 1826 (Item)

Life and conditions in Australia; court procedure; cost of food; heat; deaths from catarrh.

E.M. Bower to Coke, 13 March 1827 (Item)

May be replacing Coke at Newcastle.

Coke (Newcastle) to John Coke, 24 March 1827 (Item)

Collecting and curing bird skins; Indigenous Australians; will be moved to another settlement; farming in the colony.

Coke to his sisters, 2 April 1827 (Item)

Description of Newcastle; Indigenous Australians and settlers; plants and animals; collecting birds; sickness.

Coke to D'Ewes Coke, 8 April 1827 (Item)

Denies he has been wilder and more extravagant than other young men in last three years; illnesses.

D. McPherson to Coke, [n.y.]-06-23 (Item)

Business transactions.

Robert Dawson (Port Stephens) to [Coke], 26 July 1827 (Item)

Complaints by soldiers; Corporal Evans.

Captain Charles Sturt to Coke, 26 July 1827 (Item)

Has offered to lead expeditions into interior and to Moreton Bay but no decision by William Lithgow; reports from A. Cunningham and J. Oxley; boat construction.

Coke (Newcastle) to D'Ewes Coke, 10 August 1827 - 25 August 1827 (Item)

Has been in Australia for a year without receiving answers to his letters; enjoys climate but cost of living is very high; new settlement at Port Essington.

Coke (Sydney) to D'Ewes Coke, 10 February 1828 (Item)

Detachment to go to Swan River; has decided not to purchase his company but will purchase land in colony; requests letter of credit for £1000 for stock; bad reports from Port Raffles and Melville Island.

Coke (Sydney) to D'Ewes Coke, 14 May 1828 (Item)

Regiment will probably be in Australia another two years; would prefer to go to India as colony is too expensive; settlers are bankrupt; entertaining visiting personnel.

General order to Captain C. Sturt that Lieutenant Coke is to proceed to Van Diemen's Land to obtain a passage to England, 17 August 1828 (Item)

Captain F.C. Crotty (Sydney) to Coke (Hobart), 19 September 1828 (Item)

A court martial; dinner at Government House; robbery of Australian Bank; looks forward to hearing from him in England.

R.W.B. Brown (Perth) to Coke, 16 May 1831 (Item)

His journey to Perth; life in the new colony.

Captain James Sterling (Guildford) to Coke, 30 December 1832 (Item)

Coke should consider settling in Western Australia.

Henry H. Hayter (Melbourne) to Coke, 29 October 1877 (Item)

Thanks for information on officers in early years in the colonies.

H.H. Hayter to Coke, 2 September 1878 (Item)

Thanks for information on early colonial days.