Volume 26: James Macarthur letters received, 1819-1846

Macarthur family papers, 1789-1936 [First Collection]

Include letters from J. T. Bigge, Admiral Bougainville, Sir William Burton, Lieut. E. C. Close, Walter Stevenson Davidson, Sir Stuart Donaldson, Barron Field, Sir Francis Forbes, Rev R Forrest, Captain George Gambier, Sir George Gipps, William Gladstone, Captain John James Grant (11th Regiment), Edward Hamilton, E. K. Horn, Lord Howick (later Earl Grey), Charles Latrobe, Sir Patrick Lindesay, Miss Elizabeth Macarthur, Major General John Macarthur, R.M. (cousin of James Macarthur), William Sharp Macleay, Andrew Morton, George W. Norman (brother in law of James) and Sibella Norman (Mrs G. W., nee Stone), Campbell Riddell, Rev T. H. Scott, Houston Stewart, John Tingcombe

Subjects include Camden wine, subscription to Burwood School, search for bushrangers at Cowpastures, New South Wales Petition Fund, James' proposed chronological digest 'Annals of Australia', sale of waste lands in the Colonies and assisted emigration, pamphlet of Sir H.G. Ward and views expressed in debate by Lord J. Russell and Sir R. Peel, James' defeat at Cumberland election, invitation to enter Legislative Council as a nominee of the Crown, purchase and sale of sheep, fertility of Liverpool Plains, renewal of transportation, Ludwig Leichhardt's stay with Major-General John Macarthur at Port Essington, delivery of commissioned portrait of Sir Richard Bourke by Andrew Morton, inquiries concerning Aboriginal Australians by Rev T. H. Scott in order to form an establishment at the order of George III; various introductions including to H. E. and F. B. Isaac and H Hughes by Houston Stewart, to Glengarry (A. R. McDonell) by Patrick Maxwell Stewart, MP, and to Major St John by Lord Howick.

Includes typescript translations of letter from Francois Louis Busseuil on board the frigate Terpsichore at Bahia, 20 Feb 1829, and at St Denis, 1 May 1830, and from Captain de Bougainville in Paris, 6 Dec 1829 (pp. 30-32, 40); supper invitation from Sons of St Patrick, 6 Mar 1839.

Volume 26: James Macarthur letters received, 1819-1846

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