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Letter from John Helder Wedge, Shudy Camps near Linton, Cambridgeshire, to George Mercer, Dryden, Edinburgh, 29 May 1838 Digital Link to digital version

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A stuffed sloth. Captain Swanston. Asks what progress had been made in the settlement of the claims of the Port Phillip Association. Everything well in Port Phillip.

Dates: 29 May 1838
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13166, Papers of George Mercer / Series IV: Letters from John Helder Wedge to George Mercer

Letter from John Helder Wedge, Shudy Camps, to George Mercer, Dryden House, Roslin by Dalkeith, 8 June 1838 Digital Link to digital version

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Concerning Port Phillip claims. Government probably awaiting the arrival of Sir Richard Bourke before any final decision is made. Aboriginal people.

Dates: 8 June 1838
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13166, Papers of George Mercer / Series IV: Letters from John Helder Wedge to George Mercer

Letter from John Helder Wedge, Shudy Camps near Linton, to George Mercer, Dryden House, Rosslyn by Dalkeith, 2 July 1838 Digital Link to digital version

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Obliged to Mercer for his letters. Detailed discussion of the Port Phillip Association, including land sales and the Aborigines. Mentions Sir Richard Bourke, Lord Glenelg, Swanston and Gellibrand. Mr. Potter McQueen.

Dates: 2 July 1838
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13166, Papers of George Mercer / Series IV: Letters from John Helder Wedge to George Mercer

Letter from John Helder Wedge, Bury St Edmunds, to George Mercer, Dryden House, Rosslyn by Dalkeith, 2 August 1838 Digital Link to digital version

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Received letters from Mercer. Going to London on Port Phillip Association business.

Dates: 2 August 1838
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13166, Papers of George Mercer / Series IV: Letters from John Helder Wedge to George Mercer

Letter from John Helder Wedge, Shudy Camps, to George Mercer, Dryden House, Rosslyn, Dalkeith, 15 September 1838 Digital Link to digital version

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Port Phillip Association. Sir Richard Bourke. Lord Glenelg. Rights of the Aboriginal people. Trade with Aboriginal people. Attack upon a tribe.

Dates: 15 September 1838
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13166, Papers of George Mercer / Series IV: Letters from John Helder Wedge to George Mercer