Consignment received May 2019, 1792-1975

Component identifier:: Class 2
Content Summary:: This consignment comprises papers of the Manar property in Braidwood includes: ledgers, journals, cash books, diaries and extensive correspondence of Hugh and Mary Gordon and others that provides an insight into the families financial and administrative activities, agricultural practices, household operations and interpersonal and social relationships. Also included are legal documents, witness statements, newspaper clippings and correspondence associated with the Coghill vs Gordon "squatting case" in 1850; and a letter from 1812 sent to Maria Macarthur, wife of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur and eldest daughter of New South Wales Governor Phillip Gidley King, believed to have been written by Elizabeth Enderby, wife of Charles Enderby and Maria's godmother, that includes recipes and advice to young ladies in the colonies on hosting dinner parties and general home economics.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7895262).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia