Jeffery Hart Bent

Jeffery Hart Bent - correspondence with Lachlan Macquarie and others, Dec. 1814-Oct. 1815

1 Dec. 1814;  Letter received from Governor Lachlan Macquarie asking him to summon the Supreme Court and to supply a plan of the way in which he wishes the court room to be fitted up (pages 1-4)
26 May, 1 June 1815;  Copies of letters sent by Bent to William Broughton and Alexander Riley concerning a dispute over the persons eligible to be admitted as attorneys in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (pages 5-10). The letter of 26 May is reproduced in Historical Records of Australia, 1st series, vol.8 page 531.
11 May 1815;  Address by Bent expressing his determination not to admit persons who have been transported to practice in the Supreme Court (manuscript copy) (pages 11-14)
2 June 1815;  Copy of a letter received from Governor Macquarie stating that he considers Bent's letter to him dated 31 May 1815 to be disrespectful and offensive (pages 15-18). This letter is reproduced in Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vol.8 page 540.
12 June 1815;  Copy of a letter received from W.H. Moore expressing support for Bent's opposition to admitting emancipists as attorneys (pages 19-22)
18 Aug., 20 Oct. 1815;  Two letters received from Governor Macquarie stating that he believes Bent's letters to him to be insolent and disrespectful, and not worthy of any reply (pages 23-30)

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