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423464
  • Title
    John Sargent Bedford papers, 1819-1849, including two letters from Watkin Tench
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MAV/FM3/722
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1819-1849
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    423464
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : MAV/FM3/722, frames 1-15 (copies of originals lent for copying).
  • Physical Description
    1 microfilm reel of textual material - negative
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Watkin Tench arrived in Sydney with the First Fleet in 1788 in charge of a detachment of Marines. He left Australia in 1791 and his daily journal formed the basis for two publications in 1789 and 1793
  • Scope and Content
    I. Letters to J.S. Bedford from Sara Bedford, 9 Aug. 1819, and from Watkin Tench, 6 Apr. 1820 and 30 May 1833.

    II. Accounts of Messrs. Coutts with J.S. Bedford, 15 Mar. 1849, and with executors of Mrs. A.M. Tench, 1838.

    III. Miscellaneous pecuniary legacies, n.d.
  • Original held by
    Originals in private ownership
  • Description source

    Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-145B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
  • General note

    Available for reference
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