Volume containing papers and cuttings

 
Containers:
Folio-Box SHARED
Component identifier:
File 1
Content Summary:
Includes a 'Plan for village organisation, unanimously adopted as the Constitution of Cosme on Tuesday Sept 1, 1890', signed by William Lane; cuttings from various newspapers and journals relating to the colony; four personal letters from Henry Connelly at 'Colonia Nueva Australia' to Geo. Reeve in Sydney, which include news of the colony (1923-1928); two letters from Mary Gilmore, Sydney, to Geo. Reeve (1927) regarding printed materials relating to Cosme; letters from Geo. Reeve to Ferguson regarding material relating to the colony; a booklet of biographical articles on William Lane, published following his death in 1917; several letters relating to Ferguson's search for papers relating to the colony and miscellaneous notes made by him about the collection.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired as part of the collection of Sir John Ferguson, bibliographer and judge.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/345282).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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