James King, Irrawang, NSW, papers, 1826-1920

MLMSS 682

fonds

1826-1920

422019

Microfilm : CY 1621, frames 1-353 (MLMSS 682/1).
Microfilm : CY 1621, frames 354-562 (MLMSS 682/2).
Microfilm : CY 1636, frames 1-169 (MLMSS 682/3X, Items 1-22).

2 volumes, 1 box of textual material

Regarding manufacture of glass from Sydney sand, Jan 1832-Oct 1834, June 1852. Includes autograph signed letter from W.C. Wentworth, 30 April 1833 and one from Richard Jones, 11 April 1833

Regarding manufacture of earthenware from local clay, ca. 1838

Regarding wine, 1836-1856 including several autograph signed letters from Just von Liebig, 1849-1853 and drafts of reports to the Hunter River Vineyard Association

Regarding lands at Hunter and William Rivers, 1826-1920 including maps of Irrawang and Raymond Terrace

Miscellaneous papers including an autograph letter from Leichhardt, 28 Sep 1846,
several from Just von Liebig to Mrs. King, 1856-1866, and four from Sir Henry Parkes to William Roberts, 1877-1879

Contemporary newspapers containing articles on James King and family, wine and William Chambers. Includes privately printed publication of King's Australia may be an extensive wine growing country, Edinb, private press, 1857, containing some manuscript corrections

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-79B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subject:

Pottery