Colonel William Light

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Series 8

Content Summary:

These papers concern Colonel William Light (c. 1786-1839), founder of Adelaide, and include a transcription by Petherick of 'Colonel Light' from Horley's The Veteran v. 2, 1838, together with two letters from Albert Felsenthal dated 1902 and 1903 concerning Light's journal. Also contained here are two monographs: a facsimile copy of A brief journal of the proceedings of William Light (Adelaide, Macdougall, 1839), A short narrative of the circumstances attending the late trails in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras for forgery perjury and conspiracy to cheat (London, Ridgway, 1810), containing a reference to Light.

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Edward Augustus Petherick presented his collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps and pictures relating to Australia and the Pacific to the Commonwealth Parliament in 1909 as the 'Nucleus of an historical museum'. The agreement between Petherick and the Library Committee was formalized by the Petherick Act, which was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament in 1911.

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