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Manuscript of two lectures delivered to the Hobart Technical School.

Alphabetical file of Bankruptcy cases for the years 1872 to 1894. Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, notices of creditors' meeting, claims, etc. Arranged in order of the name of client.

1. Michael Henry Boutcher of Sheffield, carpenter (J. Powell solr.) 1894
2. George Boyes of Hobart, gent 1874
3. William Henry Cheverton, timber merchant 1880
4. William James Cleary, builder, Hobart 1884
5. Henry Coulson 1877
6. Robert Davey, storekeeper, Weldborough 1880
7. Thomas Dillon, carpenter, Hobart 1880
8. Henry Butler Downie & William Robert Woodgate of Launceston & Evandale 1874
9. Rose Alice Eastwood, licensed victualler, Black Prince, Elizabeth St. Hobart 1880
10. Charles Edmunds, house painter, Hobart 1881
11. Richard James Edwards, tobacconist, Hobart 1872
12. Hubert Beard Evans, ship owner & timber merchant, Hobart 1880
13. Theodore Foster, tanner & fellmonger 1880-81
14. John Gill, farmer, Sorell 1876
15. Herbert Wade Gower, picture frame maker, Hobart 1883-85
16. Henry Harvey, licensed victualler, Green Ponds 1872-73
17. Charles Horton, druggist, formerly of Oatlands 1881
18. Richard Hill 1879
19. Andrew Luckman 1882
20. John O'Boyle 1881
21. Frederick Augustus Gow Packer 1879
22. John Pennyston 1894
23. William Parkins 1878
24. William Henry Rowe 1879
25. Windle Hill St. Hill 1890
26. Sydney Edward Underwood 1880-81
27. R.H. Wilmore 1878-79

Collection consist of some of John and Maria Meredith's family correspondence, correspondence with their children, relatives and friends

Receipts from the Land Titles Office dated between 1881 and 1894

Various photographs of Macquarie Street, looking north taken c1877-1893-4. Photographed by Beattie (electric tram car),
Winter, Anson Bros, and H H Baily

Two newspapers - Fiji Times, dated 6 & 10th of January 1877 and The Bulawayo Sketch dated 21 July 1894. Mock cyclostyled paper on a fold of account ruled paper - humourous sketches and adverts.
Note ms. at top 'Byrne (6 )'

Papers relating to the barque "Lufra" (built in Aberdeen 1870), including: mortgage by David Storm of Aberdeen, 1870-74; sale of four sixtyfourth shares from A.G. Webster to A. McGregor for £94 (30 July 1892), insurance on barque for A.G. Webster (1892), accounts of barque Lufra (Captain L.A. Rogers) in account with Alex McGregor for docking, stevedoring, stores, customs etc (1892-3) and memo of freight for owners meeting.

Correspondence dated between 6-15 December, 1893, relating to a quarrel: Alexander McGregor accepted William George Gibson's apologies for "your cowardly action. The injury ... might have been more serious" and £25 donation to the Benevolent Fund.

Manuscript notes of transcripts of lectures on Jurisprudence and Roman Law given by H Duff, Oxford University

Van Diemens Land bank shares dated 1883, 1890-1893. Collection consists of papers relating to shares in the Bank of Van Diemen's Land and settlement in liquidation.

Proposal for life insurance for Laura Ann Hull, born at Carrick, Tasmania 4 January 1857, wife of Hugh Hull.

Miscellaneous papers relating to St Andrews & St Johns Presbyterian Churches Hobart.

Letter from James Reid to Dr James Scott dated 16 November 1893 apologising for not attending meeting but recommending Mr [W.C.] Eltham as choir master and Mrs. Eltham as organist, but could not afford more than 40 pounds for both.

Photograph of Waterloo House Private Boarding Establishment on the corner of Murray and Davey Streets, Hobart c.1893 with an electric tram in the background.

Some papers referring to the execution of the estate of Captain Francis Allison (c1796-1857) of 'Streanshalh' (Macquarie River) Tas., grandfather of Laura Hull; including sheet of estate, 1885, and some letters to H.S. Hull from A.F.W. and F.T. Allison and others. Also recognizance binding Francis Thomas Allison of Sorell to keep the peace, especially towards Alfred Nichols, 27 February 1871.

Advertisement for Risby Bros. Franklin Saw & Moulding Mills, timber merchants. Designed and drawn by Thomas Midwood and published in the Illustrated Directory of Hobart.

Manuscript notes or transcript of H. Duff's lectures on jurisprudence, Oxford University.

Manuscript notes or transcript of H. Duff's lectures on Roman law, Oxford University.

Laura Hull's correspondence including:Letter from Hugh, no date (c1879) with 2 copies of 'prayer of the betrothed'; letter from 'Nance', no date (1879); part of letter from Woolmers, 23 April 1893; letter from Laura to Harry, no date; letter from Mrs Joyce giving a weeks' notice for Lily, no date.

Shipping consignments, 1883 -1893 - Consignment notes, invoices, bills of lading for goods shipped, through G.J. McCaul & Co. London, including Meteor tricyle, sewing machines, wicker goods, fishing tackle, Portland cement.

Rail freight charges for goods shipped from London, 3 -5 June, 1893. Collection contains letters from the Minister for Railways concerning McGregor's request for reduced rail freight charges on goods shipped from London by Shaw-Saville and New Zealand Shipping Co's steamers.

Letters written by Elizabeth Lucy (Bessie) Wells to father, Martin Lidbetter, and mother 1884 - 1886. Bessie's letters to her parents were intended for all her family, as she says in her first letter on the voyage (6 May 1884) which was addressed to Father, Mother, Robert & Sophie, Tom & Lizzie, Willie, Harry & Mary. Her first letter was written from Greenhithe before sailing and describes their boarding, seen off by the Wells father, Prissie, Uncles James Wells, Henry & Louie and her two children, Mabel and Arthur. Her letters supplement the journal of the voyage and describe their lives on the voyage, in Hobart and later at the Don River. There are references to the children's schooling, their hopes for a Friends School and eventual arrival of Samuel Clemes and family and the start of the School and the attendance of Edith and Frank, although the expense was almost too much but Edith gained a scholarship. There are references to visits from other Friends and occasionally relatives, visits to Melbourne, etc. A letter of 13.12.1891 was written on Wells Store printed letter-head.
• Nos. 8-12, 1884 - voyage
• Nos.13-18, 1885 - January 1886 - Hobart
• Nos.19-25, 1886, February-August Don River store (including incomplete letter from Melbourne with postscript from Don, 8 June 1886 - Arnold's eye)
• Nos.26-44, 1887-1893 Don River (including two undated letters c1891- Edith got scholarship, c1892 wedding of Walter Lean at Table Cape, Minnie Furmage and 2 children, Willie going to Latrobe daily, Frank possibly not returning to Friends School after Christmas as fees £50 now he had turned twelve)

Various photographs of Hobart and Hobart environs taken by prominent Tasmanian photographers including , Baily, Anson Bros., Winter and Cawston

Draft submission of W.R. Deeble against his summary transfer from the position of Assistant Locomotive Superintendent to Foreman of Fitters and Turners.

Series contains record of baptism and obituary of Ralph Terry , also a farm sowing record

Extracts from various letters with remarks on the proposed Tasmanian University

Advertisement and specifications for tenders for supply of iron pipes for the Glenorchy water supply, 1892

Material relating to insurance dates c.1891-1892

Collection of meeting minutes, directors meetings and share register for the Hobart Town Turkish Bath Company

Photographs of Bellerive (Kangaroo Bay), taken c1882 photographed by Baily.

Letters from Molesworth Jeffery to his sisters Susanna and Catherine (Kate) in U.K. , small water colour of Burnbank Homestead and photographs of St. George's Chapel, Lachlan, and Richard Piggott, Lord Viscount Molesworth.

Photographs of the Cascades taken c1892 by Beattie photographer.

J.W. Beattie photo on an Anson's photo-mount

Appointment Indenture for William Jethro Brown, lecturer in Law and Moden History

Material relating to the Barque "Harriet McGregor" 1882-1892. Apprentice G.T.E. Allsopp receipts for wages from Capt. A.s. Leslie (1882-4); Lloyd's register certificate class Al (May 1884, noted as launched 1871, sheathed with yellow metal on felt May 1884); papers relating to accidental killing of dockman when the "Harriet McGregor", Captain Evans, docked at London docks in May 1892.

Depth of water at New Wharf Extension, 1892 - Table of soundings

Appointment Indenture for Douglas Berry Copland, lecturer in History, Economics and Tutorial Classes (draft)

Copy of James Backhouse Walker's notes relating to the foundation of the University, with extracts from his diaries

Life insurance policy dated 1891

Bolton Stafford Bird appointment as representative to the National Australasian Convention dated 24th Feburary 1891

Family history written in 1891 by Stephen Henry Grueber (father of Helen). Outline of family history and his own life written for his daughter, with poetry and reflections. Enclosed: letter from Rev Henry B. Bromby to Grueber family: thanks for memorial of confirmation (1871 ); St. John's Association members ticket: Miss Grueber 1871; note on "way to build a turf bank, S.H. Grueber"; photo of seal of Marcus Greuber 1575

Letters from William Knibb Morris to brother Thomas John Morris dated July 1881-1891 regarding, Hobart: death of Mr Matthews [?Cephas Matthews, Chief Officer of "Lufra", drowned at sea 13 Sep. 1880, age 36], Mrs Matthews and little child (January [1881]), February 1882), Edney Morris [son of James], appointed Council Clerk of Swansea at ?210 a year (June, July 1881), children Percy, Tom & Albert at Government School (July 1881), smallpox at Sydney, signalling by light flashes or helestaph (sic), steamer "Patena" (1881), Percy died of heart trouble following rheumatic fever (October 1881), Paris Electrical Exhibition (October 1881), geology - visit of Prof. Denton (January 1882), Russian warship and electric light, Mr Henry of Electric Light Co. has 2 Swans electric lamps and 2 Siemen's Palfreyman opposite - children had treat talking and singing through it - used porcelain cupboard handles as insulators (February 1882), accumulator batteries, Juvenile Industrial Exhibition in New Market, Hobart - lit by electricity (1882-83), electric lamp arrived (December 1882), sending photo of Rocking Stone on Mount Wellington (December 1882), telephones on Kents Group Island to connect lighthouse with superintendent's house (January 1883), small lamps for microscope (May 1883), Hobart Telephone Exchange opened (July 1883), nephew Henry Stephens visit and death from TB (1883-March 1884), photographer Harold Riise [Riise & Barnett Elite Studio] insolvent - Susman's selling stock - beautiful pictures (May 1885), Edney Morris Superintendent of Police Swansea (8/10/1883), railway debate (8/10/1883), earthquakes in N.E. Tasmania and damage to houses in Fingal (7/9/1883, 8/10/1883), Australian Graphic pictures printed from glass engravings - a Tasmanian invention (3/12/1883), religious revivalists in Hobart (12/65/84), daughter Ada born June 1884 (19/9/1884), undersea cable broken (19/9/1884) fear of war with Russia (May 1885), appointed accountant to Building Society at ?150 pa - glad to leave Susman's (August 1885), scientific lectures by S. Clemes of Friends School (May 1887), sending photo "pan" of Launceston taken from Cataract Hill, lenses for microscope, lantern slide show "footisconopliscope" - William managed lime light and dissolving, Photographic Society (1888 April, May, November), Royal Society Conversazione, sending photo of Baptist Tabernacle (March 1889), Albert a telegraph operator, phonograph in Melbourne (July 1890), polariscope (1890), his little camera (August 1891).

Photo-zinco reduction of the Daily Telegraph 2 March 1891 containing portraits and biographies of the members of the Federal Convention, re-published as a supplement to the Daily Telegraph, Sydney dated 21 March 1891.

This collection is comprised of scrip certificates of shares issued to Edward le Rossignol of New Town in Tasmanian mines: Royal Mint Gold Mining Company, North Mount Cameron; Savage River Silver Prospecting Company; City Prospecting Association, West Coast; Sunrise Prospecting Association; Godkin Silver Mining Co., Whyte River Tasmania; New Waverly Gold Mining Co., Lefroy, Tasmania; South Oceana Silver Mining Co. , Zeehan.

Summons dated 1891 to A.E. Risby, S.W. Risby and C.W. Risby to appear at the suit of Charles James Barclay.

Notes on Grecian History written in 1891 by Benjamin Bower Le Tall , probably given to the Elliott family. Two quarto leather bound volumes

Collection consists of Reference to index of Book 3. Poetry, 1891,Translation from Horace to Chloris: Ode XV - 'Thou of poor Ibycus the wife'.

Miscellaneous documents relating to Helen Grueber - Confirmation card: St. John Baptist Church 2 June 1871 by C. H. Tasmania
[Bishop Charles Henry Bromby], prepared by Rev. H.B. Bromby; pink envelope containing a photo of girl's head (tiny tin type} and locks of hair; list of presents (ms) including toilet set, large centre cruet and five corner cruets, toast rack, wool antimacassar; news cutting notice of death of Elizabeth Grueber, wife of Stephen Henry Grueber sen. at her son's residence, Ormley, on 28 April [1891 ];
temperance notes (ms).

Letters from friends and relatives dated 1851 to 1890. Lucy Charles (?) from Sydney: congratulations on approaching marriage, mutual friends (30 October 1851).
Cousin Emily E. Maddox, from Launceston: children Loui and Baby, friends, George going to Melbourne to play the cricket match, local match natives [born] against English, death of Miss Barnard (17 Mar. 1852).
C. Benson: sending crochet pincushion as token of friendship, heard of M's marriage, M's brother's return from Scotland (2 September 1853).
Sydney Charles Waller (?): allegorical poem on roses and poppies (1874).
Winston C. Simmons, from Richmond: cheque enclosed, balance owed (1883, 1884).
Julia A. Connell, Glen Connell: sympathy on death of Issie (11 April 1885), the old lady's death - 92 a long span, Biddie and children (9 October

Three share certificates for North Silver Queen Mining Company dated 1890

Photograph of the Mount Bischoff in the early days, undated but thought to be c1885-1890