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LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF SERIES
A.
LETTERS RECEIVED 1788-1826
1.
Main series of letters received, 1788-1826
98 vols, 1 bundle
Appendix B pp. 49-52
2.
Special bundles, 1794-1825
Appendix C pp. 57-62
3.
Memorials to the Governor, 1810-26
40 vols, 1 box
Appendix B pp. 52-53
4.
Petitions to the Governor from convicts for mitigation of sentences, 1810-26
30 vols, 1 box
Appendix B pp. 53-55
5.
Copies of letters sent and received, mainly within the Colony, or "Document Books Nos.1-3",
c.1817-1827
3 vols
For description see Letters Sent series 6 p. 321
Finding Aids:
1.
Index to the Papers of the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, 1788-1825
Appendix A pp. 45-47
2.
Index to letters received by the Colonial Secretary, 1826, and to Miscellaneous papers, 17881903. (Card index in the City Search Room; microfilm copy at Kingswood AO Reels 1250-1251)
The following, now superseded, finding aids have also survived:
3.
Index to the letters received, 1788-1821. (Card index prepared by the Mitchell Library. Microfilm
copies [City and Kingswood] AO Reels 42-44)
4.
Summary of Colonial Records in the Colonial Secretary's Office, 1788-1826 (5/2331; microfilm
copy AO Reel 6036). Chronological list of the bundles prepared 1888-90 to facilitate research in
connection with the publication of the History of New South Wales from the Records. There is an
index in the front of the volume.
A second copy made by Watson when editing Historical Records of Australia has also survived
(5/2334-35) and includes his printing notes.