Guide to the Letters of the Jeffcott and Kermode Families (as filmed by the AJCP), 1831-1912

Summary

Collection number:

M723

Creator:

Jeffcott Family and Kermode Family

Extent:

23 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Letters of the Jeffcott and Kermode families written chiefly to John M. Jeffcott, Advocate, High Bailiff of Castletown, Isle of Man, by his cousins Sir John Jeffcott, Sir William Jeffcott, William Kermode and Robert Q. Kermode.

Includes: three letters 1834-37 from Sir John Jeffcott, describing Kermode's property 'Mona Vale' and describing South Australia as full of dissension; four letters 1831-53 from Sir William Jeffcott, referring to his own career and that of Sir John Jeffcott; seven letters 1838-51 from William Kermode, referring to Sir John Jeffcott's papers, and news of friends and acquaintances, such as Sir William Denison; two letters 1834, 1837 from Anne Kermode regarding the impending trip to England by her son Robert; two letters 1835, 1853 from Robert Q. Kermode concerning his family, and his efforts in the State Parliament to end transportation with two obituary notices of his death in 1870; two letters 1911-12 from Robert C. Kermode referring to the potato blight in Northern Tasmania and a visit to Adelaide and typescript notes (12 p.) on the Kermode Family.

Biographical / Historical:

Sir John W. Jeffcott (1796-1837) was appointed judge for South Australia in May 1836. On his way to the new colony he stayed with his kinsman William Kermode (1780-1852) at Mona Vale in Van Diemen's Land and became engaged to Kermode's daughter Anne. Jeffcott spent only a few months in South Australia. His brother Sir William Jeffcott (1800-55) was a judge of the Supreme Court at Port Phillip 1843-45. William Kermode arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1827 with his son Robert Q. Kermode (1812-70). In 1839 Robert married Martha, daughter of Thomas Archer, a Tasmanian landholder. One of their children was Robert C. Kermode (1847-1927).

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2115963] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Filmed while in private hands of Miss L.M.M. Wintour, c/- National Westminster Bank, Dudham Downs, Bristol.

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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