Guide to the Collections held by the Lincolnshire Archives Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1667-1929

Summary

Collection number:

M842 - M843

Creator:

Lincolnshire Archives Office

Extent:

142 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:

Selected items filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project include:

Documents 1854-55 relating to the petition of Rev. Michel H. Becker to be sent on a mission to Australia for the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Ancaster Papers: two letters 1707-1710 relating to the executorship of Thomas Freeman dying in Batavia, from William Proby, Surat, to John Heathcote, London, acting as agent for the executor, and from Elizabeth Freeman to Capt. Thomas Hugben, the executor; papers sent to Governor Macrae of Madras 1726 concerning debt of Colin Campbell; translation of the King of Spain's grant for erecting a South Sea Co at Cadiz to trade with the Philippine Islands.

Elwes Papers: letters 1854-1855 from Valentine D.H.C. Elwes to his mother, Elinor Elwes, written mainly from Western Australia, with photographs labelled: Sam Burgess 1854, W. Sholl 1854 and D. Ferguson, Colonial Surgeon, 1854; papers 1849-1888 of his sister Eleanora, wife of Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of Western Australia; journal 1854-1855 of V.C. Elwes describing a journey to Egypt and Australia.

Letters 1866-1880 from Henry E. Michel and his family to W.D. Fane referring to New Zealand, Arthur Orton and the Tichborne trial, and family matters.

Flinders Papers: selections 1791-1797 from the diaries of Matthew Flinders, father of Matthew Flinders the explorer, referring to his son's voyage and promotion; correspondence 1800-1807 of Matthew Flinders to his family referring to family matters, his circumnavigation of New Holland and his imprisonment on the Ile de France.

Jarvis Papers: personal correspondence 1809-1817, 1847 of Capt. G.R.P. Jarvis including letters from Lachlan Macquarie, his brother-in-law.

Monson Papers: account of customs payable on goods brought from the East Indies; maps 1806-1812, being nautical surveys of the China Sea and the Straits of Malacca; certificate 1777 of Military Commission of James Stuart as Major General in the East Indies; printed list 1806 of the directors of the East India Co; letters 1804-1805 to Edmund Larken, Canton, from George Sparks, Robert Welbank, David Ross and E.S. Ellis on voyages in the East Indies.

Turnor Papers 1917-1925 relating to emigration, land and soldier settlement.

Selections from various deposits, including: letters 1899-1929 to Richard and Gertrude Goulding from Rosa Ramsden of Queensland; George and John Marshall, Lena E. Playll commenting on teaching in Australian schools; and description of a voyage to New Zealand by William Newman 1899-1900; two assignments of mortgage 1902 and 1914 naming Dr William S. Cortes and Jane M. Parker of Manly and Alice Weddell Hobbs of Jondalee, New South Wales; a plan 1853 of the Louth Park Estate, Hunter River, New South Wales; financial documents 1667-1681 of Capt. William Williams, merchant involved in trade with the East Indies.

Business papers 1877-1894 of Matthew, Tom and John Moss of South Australia; correspondence 1847 to Charles D'Eynecourt from James M. Conilly of Portland Bay, New South Wales; letter 1867 from C.W. Powell, Secretary P O Co, to F. Hill, on mail service contracts; Bill 1884 to extend the powers of the Bank of South Australia; paper 1854 regarding the death of John Thompson transported on the Pestonjee Bomanjee; declarations 1854 by John and Elizabeth Clay relating to the Tomlinson Family; power of attorney 1875 from John Twigg of Taranaki, New Zealand, and power of attorney 1875 from Charles Twigg of Warwick, Queensland; note from M.E. Dixon to Mary Anne Morris referring to Kaiapoi, New Zealand

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-vn2115980] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Lincolnshire Archives Office. St Rumbold Street, Lincoln LN2 5AB, England

For further information see Lincolnshire Archives (https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/lincolnshire-archives/archives-collections/).

For further information about the records see Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com/home/).

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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