Mitchell family papers, mainly relating to Thomas Mitchell and John F. Mann, ca.1689, 1842-1918

MLMSS 731

fonds

ca. 1689-1918

422210

1 box of textual material

Camilla Victoria Mitchell, daughter of Sir T. L. Mitchell, married John Frederick Mann, son of General Cornelius Mann, in 1857. T. L. Mitchell, born in Scotland, was Surveyor-General, N.S.W., 1828-1855. J. F. Mann, born in England, was appointed to N.S.W. Survey Department in 1848, where he remained till 1875.

I. (a) Diary of Camilla Mann (Mitchell), Jan.- Dec. 1862.
(b) Notebook of Richard Blunt Mitchell containing literary anecdotes and memos, 1865-1915.
II. Correspondence and related papers, 1824-1915:
(a) Mitchell family correspondence, 1824-1865. Letters of Sir Thomas Mitchell, 1824-1851, Bentley Mitchell, 1837-1851, and John Mitchell, 1856.
(b) Mann family correspondence, with related papers, 1881-1918, mainly of J. F. Mann re will and trust of Houston Mitchell with copies of legal documents.
III. Miscellaneous papers, 1689-1876:
(a) Mitchell family, 1851-1876, including T.L. Mitchell's will.
(b) Mann family, c.1838.
(c) Family pedigree of Livingston, Mitchell and Learmouth families, compiled by E. Lockhart in Edinburgh.
(d) Miscellaneous poems.
(e) Documents in a 17th century hand re James Sinclar, 1689.

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-144B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

The collection includes pictorial material (Pic.Acc.92 ; Pic.Acc.1056 and PXA 7429)
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