Two draft manuscripts of confidential reports prepared for the British Cabinet concerning the convic...
Two draft manuscripts of confidential reports prepared for the British Cabinet concerning the convict transportation system by Thomas W. C. Murdoch and James Stephen, 1845-1846
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1845-1846
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MLMSS 10170
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0.27 metres of textual material - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Two draft manuscripts bound together in modern blue morocco, over marbled boards, with modern end papers. The spine is ruled and lettered in gilt: Transportation Manuscript, 1845-1846.
The first manuscript (188 pages) contains a draft report of confidential Cabinet Minutes compiled, and possibly in part written, by Thomas W. C. Murdoch, tit...
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Two draft manuscripts of confidential reports prepared for the British Cabinet concerning the convict transportation system by Thomas W. C. Murdoch and James Stephen, 1845-1846
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At the end of the second manuscript is a notation in pencil: To be signed hereafter by Mr Stephen
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Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, September 2018
Collection history
Previously sold by Bonhams, 22 March 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Thomas William Clinton Murdoch (1809–1891), was a British civil servant. Educated at the Charterhouse, he entered the Colonial Office as a junior clerk in 1826. In September 1839 he went to Canada to act as chief secretary, and returned to the Colonial Office in September 1842. He became a senior clerk there in May 1846. In November 1847 he was...
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MLMSS 10170
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YzOmoOv9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOmoOv9
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9615851
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