Thomas John Cochrane - Papers [M948-970], 1842-1849

M 948-970.

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432434

Microfilm : M 948-970.

3 microfilm reels 35 mm

Admiral. Second in Command 1842-45 and Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station 1845-47

1) Personal and family correspondence 1842-48. Some correspondence concerns surveys in H.M.S. Samarang, H.M.S. Vernon and reports from Sir William Parker. There are letters from Captain Alexander Maconochie and letters mentioning piracy and the treatment of scurvy on convict ships. 2) East India Station papers including: letters 1842-46, to Cochrane or his Secretary, Edward Waller (principal correspondents are James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, and Sir John Davis, Governor of Hong Kong); minutes of courts martial 1843-47; journals 1842-47; books of letters to and by Cochrane 1842-47; Admiralty letters 1842-47 with index, Admiralty enclosures 1844-47; letters by Cochrane to the Indian Government 1842-47; account books 1844-47; and a freight list for the East India Station 1842-47. 3) Account book 1842. 4) Plan of cabin of HMS Argincourt 1847. 5) Journals 1840-49. 6) Private letterbook 1840-45

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 31, p. 27
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M948-970
Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Library of Scotland
Descriptive list available (27 p.)