R.S.V. Exploration Committee outward correspondence. August 1860-July 1869. 229 numbered pages in 1 bound volume. ms.
Contents
Starts with alphabetical list of correspondence.
p1-14. Instructions to VEE officers.
p.15-16.Letter to Burke dated 3rd September 1860 enclosing instructions and National Bank cheque book.
p.17. Letter to Burke dated 6 September 1860.
p. 18. Letter to Burke dated 10 September 1860. Letter to Becker dated 18 October 1860.
p. 19-20. Letter to Burke dated 17 September 1860.
p. 21-2. Letter to Burke dated 20 September 1860.
p. 22. Letter to MacLelan & Taylor dated 20 September 1860.
p. 23-4. Letter to Burke dated 18 October 1860.
p. 25-6. Letter to Burke dated 22 November 1860.
p. 26. Letter to Dr Wills dated 12 December 1860.
p. 27-8. Letter to Wright dated 31 December 1860.
p. 29. Letter to Henry Foster dated 31 December 1860. Letter to Johnston dated 13 July 1861.
p. 30-4. Instructions to Howitt dated 24 June 1861.
p. 35. Letter to McPherson dated 10 August 1861. Letter to Holdsworth dated 13 September 1861.
p. 36. Letter to Dr Wills dated 5 August 1861.
p. 37-9. Letter to Burke dated 24 June 1861.
p. 40-3. Letter to Howitt dated 4 July 1861.
p. 44-7. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 5 July 1861.
p. 48. Estimate of costs of Walker’s party.
p. 49. Letter to Brahe dated 10 August 1861. Letter to Henry Foster dated 13 August 1861.
p. 50-2. Letter to Mayne, Auditor General, NSW, dated 5 July 1861.
p. 53-5. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 4 July 1861.
p. 56-9. Letter to Walker dated 20 July 1861.
p. 60. Telegram to Mayne dated 5 July 1861. Telegram to Commissioner of Crown Lands, SA, dated 19 Aug 1861.
p. 61. Letter to Moore dated 20 August 1861.Letter to Commissioner of Crown Lands SA, dated 20 Sept 1861.
p. 62-9. Letter to Landsborough dated 30 July 1861.
p. 70. Letter to Moore dated 30 July 1861.
p. 71-6. Letter to Commissioner of Crown Lands dated 2 August 1861.
p. 77. Telegram to Commissioner of Crown Lands dated 2 Sept 1861. Letter to Thomas Pain dated 18 September 1861.
p. 78 - 87. Letter to Norman dated 30 July 1861.
p. 88. Letter to Dr Wills dated 2 October 1861. Letter to Harvey MLC dated 2 October 1861.
p. 89. Letter to Ligar dated 2 October 1861. Letter to Corporal Saunders dated 2 October 1861.
p. 90. Telegram dated 8 October 1861. Letter to the Chief Secretary dated 8 March 1861.
p. 91. Letter to John Patten dated 24 August 1861.
p. 92. Letter to Neumayer dated 27 August 1861. Letter to Mueller dated 27 August 1861.
p. 93. Letter to McFarland & Sons dated 29 August 1861. Letter to Moore dated 4 September 1861.
p. 94-5. Letter to Mayne dated 4 September 1861.
p. 96. Letter to James Knowles dated 16 September 1861.
p. 97-8. Letter to Mayne dated 21 September 1861.
p. 99-100. Letter to Mayne dated 1 October 1861.
p. 101. Letter to Henry Foster dated 22 October 1861. Letter to Bell, Secretary Melbourne Club dated 16 October 1861.
p. 102. Letter to Bell, Secretary Melbourne Club dated 16 October 1861.
Letter to Bell dated 1 November 1861.
p. 103. Letter to Captain Cadell dated 1 November 1861.
p. 104-7. Letter to Howitt dated 7 November 1861.
p. 108. Letter dated 14 November 1861.
p. 109-110. Letter to Howitt dated 14 November 1861.
p. 111. Copy of resolutions re: bringing remains to Melbourne.
p. 112. Letter to Edward Paiels ? dated 18 November 1861.
p. 113. Letter to Ballinger dated 18 November 1861.Letter to Newbound dated 18 November 1861.
p. 114. Letter to Mayne dated 20 November 1861.
p. 115. Letter to Howitt dated 26 December 1861.
p. 116-7. Letter to Major John Burke dated 26 November 1861.
p. 118. Letter to Major John Burke dated 26 November 1861.
p. 119-120. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 2 December 1861.
p. 121. Letter to B Ryland dated 3 December 1861.
p. 122-3. Letter to Minister of Finance dated 5 December 1861.
p. 124. Letter to Mayne dated 4 December 1861. Letter to Moore dated 24 December 1861.
p. 125-6. Letter to John King dated 28 December 1861.
p. 126. Letter to James Dickson dated 11 December 1861.
p. 127. Letter to Grant dated 11 December 1861. Letter to Richards dated 11 December 1861.
p. 128. Letter to Armstrong dated 11 December 1861.Letter to Forde dated 11 December 1861.
p. 129. Letter to Mitchell dated 11 December 1861.Letter to Watt dated 11 December 1861.
p. 130. Letter to Howitt dated 12 December 1861.
p. 131. Letter to John King dated 14 December 1861.
Letter to Dr Bearan dated 14 December 1861.
p. 132. Letter to Moore dated 16 December 1861. Letter to Hay dated 11 December 1861.
p. 133. Letter to W E P Giles dated 11 December 1861.
p. 134. Letter to Commission of Enquiry dated 2 January 1862.
Letter to Sampson dated 7 January 1862.
p. 135-8. Letter to Howitt dated 7 November 1861.
p. 138. Letter to Whitehouse dated 14 February 1862.
p. 139. Letter to Mayne dated 2 December 1861.
p. 140. Letter to Howitt dated 9 January 1862.
p. 141-2. Two letters to Howitt dated 14 November 1861.
p. 143. Copy of resolutions Letter to dated 1862.
p. 144. Letter to Haverfield dated 10 January 1862.
p. 145. Letter to Cunningham dated 21 January 1862.
Letter to W H Archer, Honorary Sec Acclimatisation Society.
Dated 21 January 1862.
p. 146. Letter to McPherson dated 21 January 1862. Letter to Dr Wills dated 21 January 1862.
p. 147. Letter to Frederick Harris dated 24 January 1862.
p. 148. Letter to John Patton dated 24 January 1862.
p. 149. Letter to John King dated 28 January 1862. Letter to John King dated 28 January 1862.
p. 150. Letter to Dr Wills dated 28 January 1862.
p. 151. Letter to David Syme dated 28 January 1862.
p. 152. Letter to John King dated 28 January 1862. Letter to Mueller dated 28 January 1862.
p. 153. Letter to Mueller King dated 30 January 1862. Letter to Mueller dated 30 January 1862.
p. 154. Letter to Wilkie dated 31 January 1862. Letter to Cunningham dated 4 February 1862.
p. 155-6. Letter to Dr Wheeler dated 6 February 1862.
p. 156. Letter to Sampson dated 6 February 1862.
p. 157. Letter to Moerlin dated 7 February 1862.
p. 158. Letter to Gill Fowler dated 12 February 1862. Letter to Haverfield dated 18 February 1862.
p. 159. Letter to Wilkie dated 12 February 1862.
p. 160. Letter to Wilkie dated 19 February 1862.
p. 161. Letter to Barkly dated 21 February 1862. Letter to Knowles dated 27 February 1862.
p. 162. Letter to Dr Wheeler dated 27 February 1862. Letter to Mueller dated 27 February 1862.
p. 163. Letter to Welch dated 27 February 1862.Letter to Vining dated 4 March 1862.
p. 164. Letter to Moore dated 4 March 1862.
p. 165. Letter to Commissioner of Crown Lands dated 5 March 1862.
p. 166. Letter to William Thompson dated 4 March 1862.
p. 167. Letter to Stawell dated 8 March 1862.
p. 168. Letter to Barkly dated 6 March 1862.
p. 169. Letter to Dr Wheeler dated 14 March 1862.
p. 170. Letter to Welch dated 14 March 1862.
p. 171. Letter to McPherson dated 24 March 1862.Letter to O’Shannassy dated 24 March 1862.
p. 172-3. Letter to the Chief Secretary dated 8 April 1862.
p. 174. Letter to Dr Rudall dated 11 April 1862.
p. 175. Letter to Welch dated 11 April 1862. Letter to the manager of the National Bank dated 15 April 1862.
p. 176. Letter to Dr Rudall dated 11 April 1862.Letter to Dr Jacobs dated 11 April 1862.
p. 177-9. Letter to Howitt dated 14 April 1862.
p. 180. Letter to Dr Wheeler dated 25 April 1862.
p. 181. Letter to Henry Hart dated 7 May 1862. Letter to the manager of the National Bank dated 16 June 1862.
p. 182.(Page not on microfilm).
p. 183-6. Letter to Howitt dated 13 August 1862.
p. 187. Letter to the Commissioner of Crown Lands dated 13 August 1862.
Letter to the manager of the National Bank Dated 9 September 1862.
p. 188. Letter to Landsborough dated 11 September 1862.
p. 189. Letter to Landsborough dated 2 September 1862.Letter to Ligar dated 20 September 1862.
p. 190. Letter to Dickson dated 20 September 1862.
p. 191. Letter to Samuel Wilson dated 4 October 1862.Letter to James Smith dated 4 October 1862.
p. 192. Letter to Moore dated 4 October 1862.
p. 193. Letter to Commissioner of Crown Lands dated 6 October 1862.
p. 194. Letter to Howitt dated 2 October 1862.
p. 195. Letter to Moore dated 4 October 1862. Letter to James Smith dated 4 October 1862.
p. 196. Letter to Samuel Smith dated 30 October 1862.Letter to Pascoe dated 30 October 1862.
p. 197. Letter to James Smith dated 30 October 1862. Letter to Archer dated 30 October 1862.
p. 198. Letter to Walker dated 22 November 1862.
p. 199. Letter to Mayne dated 22 November 1862.
p. 200. Letter to Acclimatisation Society dated 22 November 1862.
Letter to Superintendent Foster dated 22 November 1862.
p. 201. Letter to the Castlemaine Municipal Council dated 24 Nov 1862.
p. 202. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 26 November 1862. Letter to Speaker of the Legislative Assembly dated 17 Dec 1862.
p. 203. Letter to Speaker of the Legislative Assembly dated 18 Dec 1862.
p. 204. Letter to President of the Legislative Council dated 18 Dec 1862.
p. 205. Letter to Commissioner of Railways dated 7 January 1863.
p. 206. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 7 January 1863. Letter to Thomas Pratt dated 7 January 1863.
p. 207. Letter to Geelong Town Clerk dated 7 January 1863.
p. 208. Letter to Sloan dated 7 January 1863.
p. 209. Letter to Speaker of the Legislative Assembly dated 20 Jan 1863.
p. 210. Letter to McDonald & Co dated 25 February 1863. Letter to Moore dated 25 February 1863.
p. 211. Letter to Mayne dated 27 February 1863. Letter to Watson dated 27 February 1863.
p. 212. Letter to Cunningham dated 11 March 1863.
p. 213. (Not on microfilm).
p. 214. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 24 August 1863.
p. 215. Letter to Moore dated 8 January? 1863.
p. 216. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 19 March 1864. Letter to the Chief Secretary dated 4 November 1864.
p. 217-8. Letter to O’Shannassy dated 4 March 1865.
p. 219-224. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 27 June 1865.
p. 225. Letter to Chief Secretary dated 10 July 1865. Letter to O’Shannassy dated 25 January 1866.
p. 226-8. Letter to James McCulloch dated 10 February 1866.
p. 229. Letter to Huxley & Parker dated 19 July 1869.
- Records of the Burke and Wills Expedition | Series I : Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee Records | Subseries 8 : Correspondence Sent by the Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee. | R.S.V. Exploration Committee outward correspondence. August 1860-July 1869. 229 numbered pages in 1 bound volume. ms.
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