Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 212
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
18.4
Letters received, 1826–1982
The Colonial Secretary's letters received (in-letters) after 1826 are
arranged in the following groups:
Main series 1826–1982
Special bundles 1826–1982
Letters from individuals re land, 1826–56
Governor's and Colonial Secretary's minutes and memoranda
Commissioner of Claims 1832–55
Telegrams, and
Indexes and registers.
Main series of letters received, 1826–1982
NRS 905
Letters on a particular matter are located with
the last letter on the subject. Between 1826–32
the letters are arranged by registered number;
from 1833 to 1849 they are arranged in subject
bundles, usually according to the last person who
handled the matter and from 1850 onwards they
are arranged by registered number. See
Appendix F of interim finding aid for a detailed
item listing.
Many of the letters concerning convicts have
been indexed in Joan Reese's Colonial
Secretary's Correspondence: Index to Convicts
and Others, 1826–1877 and ongoing. This index
should be consulted in the first instance.
Special bundles, 1826–1982
NRS 906
Miscellaneous convict papers, 1810–62
Microform copies:
Reels 2800, 1901;
Fiche 3289,
[4/2772.2A & B]
*ARK to 1825
The papers for 1810–23 [4/2772.2A] have been
indexed and copied as part of the Colonial
Secretary’s Papers, 1788–1825.
An index and listing of the remaining papers
[4/2772.2B] is available in State Records'
reading rooms.
Papers re transfer of convicts and convict
establishment, 1847–75
[4/801]
Quantity: 1 bundle
Letters from individuals re land, 1826–56
NRS 907
These are arranged alphabetically by the
person's name whose land is in question. These
letters are registered but due to the arrangement
it is usually unnecessary to consult the Indexes
and Registers. A list of persons writing the letters
has been compiled by State Records and this list
is available in the reading rooms and on State
Records' website.
Microfilm copy:
1081-1200;
Photocopy at
CODs 194-95,
541-553,
[2/7787-8013;
SZ998-99]
Some letters list or name convicts assigned to
the letter writer’s service and those from persons
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