Letters on Eastern Colonies, 1822-1824
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Items of interest include:
Bathurst to General Vancoune (25/01/1822): Formation of separate government in Van Diemen's Land; emigration restriction.
Bathurst to General A. Brooke (25/01/1822): Appointment of governor of N.S.W.
Bathurst to Lord Kenyon (16/03/1822): Appointment of Brook as chaplain in Van Diemen's Land or N.S.W.
Bathurst to Lord Kingston (26/04/1822): Passage to N.S.W. for J. Burnets.
Bathurst to L. Macquarie (7/07/1822): Declines offer of gift of N.S.W. sheep.
Bathurst to Sir George Murray (12/11/1822): Letter from Sir Thomas Brisbane; Macquarie's mistake in considering N.S.W. a colony; establishment of penal settlement; Brisbane's interest in astronomy.
Bathurst to Lord Lauderdale (10/06/1823): Appointment for Wood in Van Diemen's Land.
Bathurst to Sir Thomas Brisbane (23/08/1824): Irregularities in case of Campbell v. McArthur; establishment of Presbyterian Church in N.S.W.; complaints that Brisbane has left Government to F. Goulburn and pursues his private interests and that he criticizes privately the acts of his Government; predicts attack on Brisbane and Goulburn in Parliament.
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