Collection 1: Makinson and d'Apice Clients' documents, 1794-1962

MLMSS 1440/Boxes 1-65
MLMSS 1440/Folder 66X

sub-fonds

1794-1962

423287

11 metres of textual material (65 boxes and 1 outsize folder)

I. Makinson and d'Apice, deed register. Xerox copy (MLMSS 1440/1).

II. Clients' documents, 1801-1962 (MLMSS 1440/1-56).
Mainly concerning conveyancing in New South Wales, the documents are arranged in groups as kept by Makinson and d'Apice, i.e. in an alphabetical sequence, followed by miscellaneous bundles. Included i.a. are papers of the following: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, papers re legal affairs and commercial activities of John Bede Polding, Roger Bede Vaughan, Patrick Francis Moran and Michael Kelly, 1841-1903; Edward Butler, 1845-1879; Alfred Cheeke, 1870-1888. Henry Copeland, 1900-1902; estate of Sir William John Macleay, 1851-1904; Sir William Montagu Manning, 1857; estate of William Bede Dalley, 1867-1904; John Hubert Plunkett, 1831-1863.

III. Miscellaneous documents, c.1873-c.1947 (MLMSS 1440/57-65).
Box 65 includes Index to wills, c.1873-c.1947 and two passbooks of Eyre Goulburn Ellis, 1889-1892.

MLMSS 1440/Folder 66X:
1. Land grant of 60 acres of land in the district of the Field of Mars to be known as The Industry Farm in Parramatta by Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose to William Reid, 3 October 1794

2. Land grant of 140 acres of land at Eastern Farms to Michael Connor, to be known as Connor’s Farm, 11 August 1804 [transferred from Box 32/Item 1889a]

3. Lease of land on the East side of Pitt Street, Sydney, by Sir Thomas Brisbane to Samuel Terry, 30 June 1823 [transferred from Box 26/Item 1468]

4. Articles of Agreement between William Whaley Billyard and Eyre Goulburn Ellis, 8 August 1853 [transferred from Box 18/Item 1016]

5. Conditions & Terms of Sale of land at Kirribilli Point by Mort & Co., sold by private contract on account of Adolph Feez, 5 February 1858 [transferred from Box 26/Item 1478]

6. Survey map of above land at Kirribilli showing Carabella Street and Campbell Street [transferred from Box 46/Item 2856]

7. Admission of Eyre Goulburn Ellis as Solicitor and Proctor of Supreme Court of NSW, 16 September 1858 [transferred from Box 18/Item 1017?]

8. Appointment by Governor Sir John Young of Eyre Goulburn Ellis, Edward Bedford and Alfred Roberts to be Visitors of the Lunatic Asylums at Tarban Creek and Parramatta in NSW, 7 March 1867 [transferred from Box 18/Item 1018]

9. Indenture between Eyre Goulburn Ellis and Mrs Mary Ann Smidmore, 6 October 1869 [transferred from Box 53/Item 3213]

10. Indenture between Rev. Samuel John Austin Sheehy and Walter Edmunds, and Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran and Rev. Patrick Murphy, 21 July 1897 [transferred from Box 31/Item 1828]

11. Auction sale notice by Raine & Horne of Glover’s Estate, Mosman, 8 April 1916 [photocopy]


Maps at M ser.4 000/1 MSS.1440 maps 1-2

Guide available in the Mitchell Library (19ff)

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-192C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011