Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 3rd [East Kent Regiment] - papers, ca. 1820-1856

A 338

fonds

1820-1829, 1831, 1835, 1837-1838, 1840, 1844, 1849, 1852, 1855, 1857

423609

Microfilm : CY 875

0.02 metres of textual material (1 vol.)

At the request of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, the War Office sent the 3rd Foot, East Kent Regiment, as reinforcements to garrison his expanding domain. This regiment was more commonly known as the Buffs, a nickname taken originally from the colour of the facings to the regiment's uniform. -- Reference: Australian War Memorial, and State Records of New South Wales, Online Feb. 2003

REGIMENT'S ACTIVITIES
Monthly state for Jun. 1826 with list of orders received; list of defaulters Aug. 1827 with names and crimes; duties performed and monthly return at Western Port [i.e. Westernport] Apr. 1827; list of stores sent to the Police Department Argyle Feb. & Mar. 1828; meteorological tables for Feb. to May 1827; daily state of the thermometer at Western Port Jun. to Aug. 1827; district orders issued by Lieutenant B.H. Burchell for May 1827 (some relate to water supplies); settlement memoranda noting relations with Aborigines, provisions and weekly allowances, and state of equipment, Apr. 1827; list of places to which blankets are to be forwarded for distribution to the black natives in 1835 & 1837; list of goods received, May 1827
OTHER UNRELATED MATERIAL
Correspondence
Includes E.S. Hall's report to Governor Macquarie about seizure of cattle near Lake Bathurst, 1821; Thomas Brisbane comments on Colonial regulations, 1824; statement regarding change in Registry Bill, 1825; David Reid writes of relationships with local Aborigines, especially "Cry" and "Marauenou?", 1826; Laidley requests provisions for surveying party, 1827; Burchell reports scurvy amongst Military and prisoners at Western Port, 1827; letter to Lachlan MacAllister regarding capture of 3 bushrangers, 1829; arbitration made in the case of Henry Hale (land grants and improvements near E.S. Hall), 1835;
Miscellaneous and legal papers
Examination into salaries of Police Establishment, Inverary, 1831
Statements of the service of John Webster (on the Ship Minerva 1821-1824), and James Bownal (on the Ship Mangles 1820-1822) for ticket of leave, ca. 1829
Indenture papers for lease of property for Henry Monro (1836), Duncan Mackellar junior (1837)
Estimate of Agricultural Produce, Nov. 1837 & Nov. 1838
Legal papers including felony cases against George Groves and James McColville, and William Lakes, and summons
Application for assignment of servants to Thomas Wealands, 1840
Return of the number of live stock .... [in the county of Georgiana], 1844
Female apprentice papers between Francis Merewether and Arthur Savage, 1849
Labour agreements between J.W. Chisholm and Henry Hatton, 1855; and Charles Cowper and Thomas Essex, 1852

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Titled on spine, "Detachment of the 3rd Regiment of Foot or Buffs Stationed at Newcastle, 1826"
An incomplete handwritten contents list, compiled at an unknown date, has been inserted at the front of the volume
Bound by Corbett Binder, City Chambers, 243 Pitt Street, Sydney
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on front endpaper