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Draft letter to Alfred Threlkeld Mayson

Draft letter to Alfred Threlkeld Mayson from Francis Cotton dated 25 January 1865. F.C.'s draft reply to Mayson's letter to son George Cotton: son acknowledges debt to Mayson for aid in carrying out his [police] duties, George acquitted of "having had any hand with the destruction of the target" and Mitchell wished the matter to drop, F.C. begged Mayson to forgive and forget.

Francis Cotton

Diary

Pocket book and diary - entries only for 24 November.to 5 December 1881, including marriage.

Edward Octavius Cotton

Death of Francis Cotton

Telegrams relating to the death of Francis Cotton in 1883, letter from E.O. Cotton to James, obituary, and brief letter from F.C. to Frank that the longest life will come to an end. Also photocopy of the testimony of Society of Friends

Certificates

Birth certificate (Quaker) 1838; marriage certificate (Quaker} Edward Octavius Cotton, agriculturist, son of Francis Cotton, agriculturist, of Kelvedon and Anna Maria, and Elizabeth Helen Grueber, daughter of Stephen Henry Grueber of Ormley, Fingal, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife, 30.11.1881.

Edward Octavius Cotton

Business correspondence and accounts

Business correspondence and accounts dated 1831 to 1883. Including:
*(47) invoices for goods sent from London By Thomas Cotton, including desks, work boxes, watch springs, Robert Braggs' account for and note about guns, shingle nails from William Peacock, W. Naylor's printing inks and varnishes for sale, proceeds of sale of Dr. Story's house to pay Lowe & Johnson, and also note about grass seeds, paint, wharfage etc, and letter from William Allen (1835) that dead cows might have been poisoned by a fungus in damp grass, suggests feeding on lucerne, clover, rye etc. (1831-1836, 11 papers);

*(48-65) bill for gun (1837); payment note: R.Wells (1842}, John Allen (1843); notes of produce sent, clothing; Francis Smith, Attorney General's Office 19 July 59: liability for road rates owed by former owner; payment note: boots David Hynes (1863); letter (signature missing): Haynes claim for debt v. G. Cotton (1871); E. Theobald, London: sent two telecopes and catalogue, Greenwich changed (1880); William Smith: apples, skins sold, wheat market low, wheel for repair (31.5.1882); A.C. Douglas, General Post Office: under paid letters or packets between U.K. and Tasmania (7.11.82, 15.11.82); A.W. Smith, Swansea: postage stamps (23.12.82); letters: bank: cheques received, shares, W. Crosby: freight, wool bales, bottle of medicine from Messrs Newell (1882-3).

Francis Cotton

Birth Certificate : Mary Cotton

Birth Certificate : Mary Cotton

Birth certificate of Mary, daughter of Francis Cotton, carpenter and Anna Maria Cotton in Spitalfields, Middlesex, England, 23/12/1827.

Mary Cotton

Apsley River

Lease for 5 years of 50 acres from George Williams to Robert Ord , Apsley River 1861

Francis Cotton

Anna Maria (Cotton) Mather

Letters from sons and daughters: Anna Maria (Cotton) Mather 1848, January-February 1856. To Mother: the children, Anna very active, servant leaving, free girls difficult to obtain, Esther Mather delighted with shells (11 September1848); to Father: hopes his health improved and not affected by South Australian heat, Sarah Ball going to England, Baby still alive but very emaciated ; to Mother: she must be lonely without Mary and with Father away so long, baby a mere shadow, Joseph harrassed with Steam Company's affairs

Francis Cotton

Additonal grant

Additonal grant

Application to locate additonal grant of 750 acres between Webber's land and Cotton corner tree at Rocky Hills dated 1831

Francis Cotton

Accounts

Bills for postage dated 1839 and 1840 also Bible & Tract Society dated 1863

1896 -1909: Farm & General Journal

Farm and General journal dated 1896 -1909. Mainly farm, some general entries, boat, boating picnics, visitors etc. Spine title of volume enscribed "Log Book E.O.C."

Francis Cotton

1892-97: Farm Journal

Farm journal dated 1892 - 1897. Also includes general diary entries, references tofamily and visitors

Francis Cotton

1875-81: Farm Journal

Farm journal dated April 1875 - January 1881. Enclosed is a note about roads and bushfires

Francis Cotton

1875: Farm Journal

Farm journal dated February - March 1875. Lat two pages and back cover of volume, decayed at bottom.

Francis Cotton

1874: Pocket book diary

Pocket book diary dated 1874. E.O. Cotton (?): entries incluse notes on sheep gathering, shearing etc., bullocks, quarrying stone at Bend, carpentery work, work of Costello and Leckie, father & brothers, picnic on Hollyhock Hills, Belmont fence

Francis Cotton

1863-66: Farm Journal

Farm journal for Kelvedon, June 1863 to March 1866. For the years 1867-9 see also Sheep Record 1866-70 (36)

Francis Cotton

1856-59: Farm Journal

1856-59: Farm Journal

Farm journal for Kelvedon, January 1856 to February 1859. A journal recording farming activities at 'Kelvedon', the Cotton family's property near Swansea on the East Coast of Tasmania. George Fordyce Story lived with the Cottons at Kelvedon and contributed to their farming efforts. The journal contains monthly records for 1856 - 1859 describing the management of crops and livestock, as well as important family events. Kept by Edward Octavius cotton

Francis Cotton

1830-31: Farm memoranda

1830-31: Farm memoranda

Farm memoranda dated 1830-1831 detailing notes of farm activities, weather, names of calves and men's rations

Francis Cotton

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