Stanhope family - Papers [M1904], 1700-1900

M 1904

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432753

Microfilm : M 1904

microfilm reel 35 mm

1. Papers of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Stanhope, 1840-1843, re convicts and convict transportation; land sales in S.A.; governorship of Van Diemen's Land etc. 2. Letter, 1900, from Lady Mary Lygon, Sydney to Lady Evelyn Stanhope re music. 3. Correspondence, 1863-65 from Philip Stanhope, R.N. to his parents while serving on H.M.S. Sutlej and re Pitcairn Island and Tahiti. 4. Papers of Edward Stanhope, 1886-91 while Secretary of state for the Colonies and Secretary of State for War. Includes papers on imperial defence; New Guinea and Borneo; Australia; correspondence with: Queen Victoria, 1886; Sir Robert Herbert, 1886; Lord Knutsford, 1887-1892; Lord Salisbury, 1886-91; W.H. Smith, 1886; letters from Australian governors, 1886-91; Colonial governors, 1886-90; bishops, 1886; War Office officials, 1889-90. 5. Manuscript chart of coast of New Guinea, ca. 1700 showing route taken by William Dampier. 6. Papers of William Pitt, 1791-1803

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M1904
Microfilm copy of originals held by Kent Archives Office, Maidstone
Descriptive list available (6 p.)