Manuscripts
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# 45464
NEW SOUTH WALES. POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Sonntag im Busch.
[Sydney : Postmaster-General’s Dept., c.1900]. Lithographed 1½d postcard, 90 x 138 mm, recto with printed vignette illustrations accompanying a poem in German titled Sonntag im Busch, and a handwritten message headed Sydney, 19 July 1901, written in German Kurrentschrift by a sailor (identified only as “Hans”) from the crew of the German naval cruiser Cormoran, who explains …
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# 44826
CHISHOLM, Caroline (1808-1877)
Caroline Chisholm, philanthropist : autograph letter, signed, regarding assistance for her Family Colonization Loan Society. London, January 1850.
Manuscript in ink on the first [2] sides of a bifolium of watermarked laid paper, 180 x 110 mm; the letter, written entirely in Chisholm’s hand, is headed ‘3 Charlton Crescent, Islington, Jan-1-50’; it is addressed ‘My Dear Mrs Hawes’, and is signed at the foot ‘Yours sincerely, Caroline Chisholm’; faint original folds, superb condition. …
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# 45151
FORSYTH, John Walter [INGLETON, Geoffrey C., copyist & editor]
The discovery of the mainland of New Guinea : Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón or Íñigo Ortiz de Retes?
/ by J. W. Forsyth. (Copy by G. C. I.). Manuscript in fountain pen, 67 pp., foolscap folio, written recto only on faint-ruled paper; with a page of prefatory notes by Geoffrey C. Ingleton, headed ‘Forsyth’s Paper’; complete and very well preserved; housed a custom clamshell box. ‘John Forsyth, a solicitor by profession, was an …
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# 44894
TASMAN, Abel Janszoon (1603 - 1659)
Abel Janszoon Tasman’s Journal of his discovery of Van Diemen’s Land and New Zealand in 1642.
With documents relating to his exploration of Australia in 1644 being photo-lithographic facsimiles of the original manuscript in the colonial archives at The Hague with an English translation and facsimiles of original maps to to which are added life and labours of Abel Janszoon Tasman by J. E. Heeres, Ll. D. Professor at the Dutch …
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# 44961
BROWNE, Martha Sweet (Cummins) (1816-1893)
[MELBOURNE; LA TROBE FAMILY] Martha Browne, wife of colonial merchant Octavius Browne : entire letter to Henrietta Macartney, daughter of the Dean of Melbourne. Isle of Wight, September 1855.
Manuscript in ink, [6] pp. duodecimo (130 x 90 mm); headed ‘Orchard Leigh, Bonchurch, Sept. 29’, the letter is addressed ‘My dear Henrietta’, and is signed at the foot ‘your very affectionate friend, Mrs Browne’; original folds, clean and crisp; accompanied by its original mailing envelope, addressed to ‘Miss Macartney, care of Revd. John Brougham, …
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# 45570
BURN, Hilda May (1868-1949)
[NURSING] Scrap album of testimonials compiled by Melbourne, Beechworth and Bendigo nurse Hilda Burn (Morres), 1897-1902.
Quarto album (265 x 215 mm), original limp sheepskin ruled in gilt, the upper cover lettered in gilt ‘Testimonials. Nurse Burn. Melbourne Hospital’ (covers very lightly scuffed, spine ends a little worn); front pastedown with binder’s ticket of Sands & McDougall Bookbinders Ltd, Melbourne, and later inscription in pen by a family member fully identifying …
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# 38366
[MANUSCRIPT] A Journal or Narrative of the Proceedings betweene the Commissioners appointed by His Majestie, and the Commissioners Deputed by the States Generall, pursuant to the Treaty of Peace made at Westminster 9/19 Ffebruary 1673/4 Concerning a Treaty Marine to be observed throughout all the World. And also an Article particularly relateing to the English and Dutch East India Companyes Concluded in the yeare 1674.
[London, 1674-75]. Folio (300 x 200 mm), old mottled calf gilt, spine with raised bands, gilt ornament, and contrasting title labels lettered in gilt; all edges gilt; manuscript written in English, Latin, Dutch and French in several contemporary secretarial hands; ff 269; clean and fresh throughout. An important contemporary manuscript record of the Mixed Commission established to draw up …
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# 43114
[ORSMOND, John Muggridge, 1788-1856]
Autograph letter in the Tahitian language, written by a chief of Bora Bora to the LMS missionary, Rev. John Muggridge Orsmond. Bora Bora, 1822.
Manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, 3 pp. on quarto bifolium, 175 x 150 mm; letter in the Tahitian language addressed to missionary Rev. John Orsmond at Tahiti, written entirely in the hand of an unidentified chief of Bora Bora, signed ‘Porapora’ at the foot; undated, but probably 1822 (see below); traces of original …
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# 44840
COLES, John (1832-1910)
[CARTOGRAPHY] John Coles, Royal Geographical Society map curator : signed letter to A. C. Macdonald of the Geographical Society of Australasia, re. the gift of a large map of New South Wales. April, 1885.
Manuscript in ink, 1 page, small quarto (230 x 180 mm), on the letterhead of the RGS, London; dated 11 April 1885, the letter is addressed to ‘A. C. Macdonald Esq., Melbourne’; written in a secretarial hand, but with the autograph signature at the foot of ‘John Coles, Map Curator, RGS’; some off-setting and light …
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# 45147
[CURCIER & ADET]
[WINE] Commercial letter to Curcier & Adet, Bordeaux wine merchants, concerning an Australian shipment. May, 1871.
Manuscript letter, 1 1/2 pages, quarto, on the letterhead of shipping brokers Constantin, Boisson & Co., Rochefort, addressed to Messieurs Curcier & Adet, Bordeaux, dated 21 May 1871; the letter concerns correspondence that has been received from Curcier & Adet’s Melbourne office re. a claim for payment that has been made by Constantin, Boisson & Co. …
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# 45138
[ALEXANDER, Selig]
Deed of conveyance between Selig Alexander and Charles Williams, relating to a land allotment in Sandridge (Port Melbourne), November 1857.
Manuscript on parchment, folio bifolium (470 x 320 mm), [3] pages, written in a fine clerical hand, dated 18 November 1857 and recording the conveyance of part of Allotment 3, Section 9 in the Parish of South Melbourne at Sandridge (on Stoke Street in what is now Port Melbourne), from Selig Alexander, merchant, of the …
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# 44825
COOPER, Charles W.
Town and county; or Forty years in private service with the aristocracy. (Original manuscript, with mounted photographs).
Manuscript in ink contained in two notebooks (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2), oblong octavo (130 x 200 mm), original matching cloth-backed marbled papered boards (rubbed), Vol. 1 with the author’s ownership inscription ‘C. W. Cooper, Ampthill House, Ampthill, Beds. 1930’; pp. 1-188, 189-297, neatly written on rectos only on faint-ruled paper; with numerous original photographs …
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# 44598
[SIMPSON, John] COWTAN & BLAND
[WESTERN DISTRICT, VICTORIA] Entire letter written by John Simpson of Cowtan & Bland, Belfast (Port Fairy), addressed to James Greig of Glen Ronald Station near Wickliffe. 2 April 1859.
Manuscript in ink, 1 page, written on the first side of a quarto bifolium of blue paper; headed ‘Belfast, 2 April 1859’, the letter is addressed to ‘Mr. James Greig, Glen Ronald’, and is signed at the foot ‘Truly yours, Cowtan & Bland’; front panel addressed to ‘Mr. James Greig, Glen Ronald by Wycliffe [i.e. …
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# 44700
KEAN, Charles (1811-1868)
Charles Kean, Irish-born actor and theatre manager: autograph note, signed, to theatre designer Thomas Grieve. (Plus a clipped signature of his wife, actress Ellen Tree)
[London? no date – simply “Thursday night” – but probably circa 1850]. Manuscript in ink, 1 page, written on the first side of an octavo bifolium of expensive notepaper (190 x 150 mm); the note is addressed ‘My dear Grieve’ (i.e. Thomas Grieve, theatre designer and scene painter), and is signed ‘Yours sincerely C. Kean’; …
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# 44714
LANDSEER, Sir Edwin Henry, RA (1802-1873)
Sir Edwin Landseer, artist: autograph letter signed, thanking a patron for his purchase of his painting “The Highland Nurses”. May, 1856.
Manuscript in ink, 3 pp., octavo, written on the first three sides of a bifolium; dated May 24th 1856, and addressed simply ‘My dear Sir’, the letter is signed at the foot ‘Sincerely yours, E. Landseer’, with the artist’s address ‘1 St. John’s Wood [Road], Regent’s Park’ immediately below his signature; very well preserved and tipped onto …
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# 44696
BULWER-LYTTON, Edward George Earle, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873)
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, as Secretary of State for the Colonies : autograph note, signed. “Knebworth”, Stevenage, 23 September 1858.
Manuscript in ink, 1 page, quarto (230 x 180 mm); the note is addressed simply ‘Dear Sir’, and is signed ‘Yours truly, E. B. Lytton’, with Lytton’s private address and date below: ‘”Knebworth”, Stevenage, Sep. 23 [1858]’; the unidentified addressee is requested to visit Lytton at the Colonial Office on the following day at ‘1/4 …