Correspondence, November 1853-July 1855

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Correspondents include: W.A.B. Hamilton (Admiralty), Duke of Newcastle, Lieutenant Governor La Trobe, Lords of the Admiralty, Colonel Richard Airey, Chapman (Colonial Office), Salvador Garcia (Argentina), J. de Urquisa (San Jose), Lord Russell and Sir H. Young.

Subjects include: Acceptance of position as Governor of Victoria; extraordinary expenses associated with providing a new Governor to Victoria; concerns over lack of suitable residence; appointment of Richard Hotham as his aide de camp; arrangements for departure of Lieutenant Governor La Trobe from Victoria before Hotham's arrival; Champman's desire for new colonial position in Victoria; secret service money needed to strengthen the government and avoid agitation; trials of prisoners from Ballarat; Argentinian news; rising tensions surrounding goldrush especially in Ballarat.

Two of the letters are in Spanish.

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