Box-folder 455.1

Covering a draft for 20 pounds and apologising for the delay. Also contains details about painters and the Victorian Academy of Arts Exhibition. Headed “Private”. Written on Public Library of Victoria notepaper. (4 pages)

Asks them to send a guinea to George Gordon McCrae for the frontispiece to Holiday Peak. Also includes sketch by George Gordon McCrae on the back of the letter. (1 page)

Directs von Guerard to get ready a set of lithographs by Albert Durer, for the Wangaratta Mechanics’ Institute. Written in pencil on the headed and embossed memorandum paper of the Public Library of Victoria. (1 page)

Resigning his sub-librarianship due to bankruptcy (his resignation was later allowed to be withdrawn). Diagonally across the head is “recd/Sep. 8 1874”. Included with this letter are Sir Redmond Barry’s draft and the memorandum notifying the Chief Librarian of the Trustees’ resolution requiring the above resignation, dated 9 and 14 January, 1874. Written on Public Library of Victoria notepaper. (1 page)

Covering his resignation of the office of sub-librarian (due to his bankruptcy). Diagonally across the top is written, in Sheffield’s handwriting, “rec’d/Sep. 8, 1874”. Written on notepaper embossed with the library’s seal. (2 pages)

Written on Public Library of Victoria paper, with pictorial letterhead. (2 pages)

Letter is in response to his request for a “column of friendly gossip” and headed “Our social letter”. (11 pages)

States his qualifications for the position. (2 pages)

States his qualifications for the position. (Typescript copy. 1 page)

Asks Shillinglaw to call at his house that evening. Written on notepaper from the Yorick Club. (1 page)