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Title
Volume 18: Sir Edward Macarthur letters, 17 January 1832-27 July 1840
Call number
A 2914
Level of description
file
Date

17 January 1832-27 July 1840
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1184342
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2015
Physical Description
0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
Scope and Content
Include letters written in London (some at the House of Lords), at Cholmondeley Castle, Brighton and Southampton, to his father and mother, brothers James and William, and Sir John Macdonald, 17 January 1832-27 July 1840.

Subjects include wool trade and insurance; account of disbursements in England; parliamentary debates and public unrest (concerning the Reform Bill); emigration of labour; land policy; bayonet exercises; grant of charter to Australasian Bank; death of John Macarthur; marriage of James; letter to the Marquis of Normanby re applying land revenue to promote emigration to New South Wales; to Captain Deans Dundas re state of defences in Sydney; undated draft letter re steam navigation on the eastern coast of Australia; petition to the House of Commons re the New South Wales Bill, 1840.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Approval for publication required:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
General note

Microfilm copy available at CY 2384
Digital order no:Album ID : 1294738
Alphanumeric designations

Macarthur family papers 1789-1930 [First collection] : vol. 18
Creator/Author/Artist
Macarthur, Edward, Sir, 1789-1872
Name
Macarthur, John, 1767-1834
Macarthur, James, 1798-1867
Subject
New South Wales--Emigration and immigration--19th century.
New South Wales--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Wool industry--New South Wales.
Great Britain--Colonies--Australia--Defenses.
Steam-navigation--Australia.
New South Wales--Constitution
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