Stuart Alexander Donaldson - papers, 1829-1857
Stuart Alexander Donaldson - papers, 1829-1857
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1829 - 1857
Call Numbers
A 726 - A 731
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Physical Description
Contents
Textual Records - 7 volumes - 0.31 Meters
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1355 (A 726) ; CY 1340 (A 727) ; CY 871 (A 728) ; CY 1354 (A 729 - A 730) ; CY 1014 (A 731)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
12 May 1834-27 July 1857; Correspondence, receipts, and notes. Letters are addressed to Donaldson whilst in London and Sydney. The first part of the volume contains letters from relatives, friends, and business associates (including Walter Scott) regarding travel, general news, business ventures, transport of cattle and goods, descriptions of the...
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Full title
Stuart Alexander Donaldson - papers, 1829-1857
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This collection forms part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
A 726 is embossed on spine, "Stuart Donaldson papers". Some papers that are written in Australia bear watermarks, "Dewdney & Co. / 1839" ; "Sawston / 1854" ; "J. Whatman / 1855" ; "Sands & Kenny / 1855". The pages in this volume are not numbere...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
Stuart Alexander Donaldson, merchant, pastoralist, and Premier of NSW, was born at Lancashire, England and came to Australia in 1835 to work with Richard Jones & Co. Within two years he became a partner of the business and then manager when Jones retired in 1838. Donaldson held several public positions including a magistrate, and was a leading foun...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 726 - A 731
Record Identifier
9WZMeDGY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZMeDGY
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Reference code
431161
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