William Ayshford Sanford - Correspondence [M386], 1851-1883

MAV/FM4/1692
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fonds

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

432547

Photocopy : MLMSS 759

microfilm reel 35 mm. - 41 p. photocopies

William Ayshford Sanford (1812-1902) was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, 1851-1855. His brother, Henry Ayshford Sanford (b. 1822) was a Captain in the 43rd Regiment from 1853 a land holder at Port Gregory

Correspondence 1851-54, between W.A. Sanford and H.A. Sanford, and with their family in England. Some of the letters describe conditions in Fremantle. Letters 1851-55, 1883, received by W.A. Sanford in his position as Colonial Secretary and after his return to England. They deal with education, the churches, customs, immigration, convicts and aborigines. Correspondents include Governor Charles Fitzgerald, Rev. James Brown, W. Cowan and M.W. Clifton, Dr. W. Harvey, Captain E.Y. Henderson, John W. Sillifant, Ellen Layton, Mr Rochester, Jane Tiphett, Thomas Brown, Rev. W.B. Brown, Waller Clifton, W. Hams and H. Campfield

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Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 135, p. 64
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M386
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership
Detailed list available (9 p.)
Detailed description in 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific' edited by Phyllis Mander-Jones, p. 535
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