Volume 2: Governor's Despatches, March 1817-April 1818
Volume 2: Governor's Despatches, March 1817-April 1818
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
March 1817 - April 1818
Call Numbers
A 1191
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.1 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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File
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 815, frames 1-580, on open access (A 1191)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D46060/c10885.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Duplicate despatches sent by Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales, 1810-1821, to Earl Bathurst, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Volume 2: Governor's Despatches, March 1817-April 1818
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Notes
General note
This volume is one of a larger series of Despatches from the Governor of NSW, 1813-1860 (D74-D75, A1191-A1267/29: all copied onto preservation microfilm).
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the British Government (Colonial Office), 1910
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Administrative / Biographical history
The governors of New South Wales regularly forwarded despatches to the British Government giving detailed reports on all matters of major and minor importance. Duplicates and triplicates of all despatches were forwarded and they were handwritten either by the Governor himself, his secretary or a clerk. Many despatches also contained enclosures.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 1191
Record Identifier
YRlZ7kVn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZ7kVn
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Reference code
442361
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