Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 224
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Letters received from the Colonial
Secretary, 3 Feb 1829–13 Nov 1849
NRS 13207
Dates
Item
Reel
3 Feb–28 Aug 1829
[5/4749]
830
2 Jan–30 Apr 1830, 2 Aug–
27 Dec 1830
[5/4750]
831
3 Jan–30 Dec 1831
[5/4751]
832
1 Mar–8 Sep 1832
[5/4752]
833
7 Sep–31 Dec 1832
[5/4753]
833
3 Jan–16 Jul 1833
[5/4754]
834
17 Jul–6 Oct 1833
[5/4755]
834
12 Feb–4 Aug 1834, 5 Feb–
23 Oct 1835
[5/4756]
834
9 May–13 Nov 1849
[5/4748]
830
Copies of letters sent, 1831–1923
NRS 13210
By the twentieth century the duties of the Sheriff
had been considerably curtailed and were less
varied in nature. Volume [6/5487], which is a
letterpress copybook, reflects this and the letters
sent mainly concern land sales, juries, court
property and the serving of writs.
Supreme Court
records
Dates
Item
Reel
1 Jul 1831–31 Aug 1832
Index in front of volume
[4/6655]
835
Dec 1837–Sep 1839
[6/5451]
25 Sep 1841–27 May 1850
Index in front of volume
[4/6656]
835
7 Feb 1861–4 Apr 1862
[4/6470]
836
7 Apr 1862–19 Jan 1863
[4/6471]
836
19 Jan 1863–30 Jan 1864
[4/6472]
Index in front of volume (incomplete)
837
1 Feb 1864–21 Apr 1865
[4/6473]
837
21 Apr 1865–30 Nov 1865
[4/6474]
838
29 Nov 1865–1 Oct 1866
[4/6475]
838
1 Oct 1866–3 Jul 1867
[4/6476]
Index in front of volume (incomplete)
839
3 Oct 1867–13 Jul 1868
[4/6477]
840
3 Jan 1870–27 Oct 1871
Index in front of volume
[4/6478]
840
9 Oct 1872–26 Apr 1875
[4/6479]
841
Apr 1904–Dec 1923
[6/5487]
Letters received from the Colonial
Secretary, 1829-44
NRS 13536,
[5/4747]
Quantity: 1 box
Letters received by successive chief clerks
consist of covering letters transmitting colonial,
conditional and absolute pardons, with the
requirement that certified copies of these
pardons be returned to the Colonial Secretary to
be delivered to the parties concerned.
These letters show: name of recipients of
pardons, registration numbers and dates of
pardons, ships of arrival. Some draft and
miscellaneous letters are also included.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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