• Title
  John Harris - Papers, 1791-1837
• Creator
  John Harris, 1754-1838
• Call number
  A 1597
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1791-1837
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  446754
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 157, frames 854-887 (A 1597).
  Photocopy : xerox copy made from microfilm.
  
• Physical Description
  1 folder - 0.02 Meters
  Textual Records
  Textual Records - (printed)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Harris (1754-1838), surgeon, arrived in Sydney on the 'Surprize' in June 1790. In 1793 he bought James Ruse's farm and built Experiment Farm Cottage. He was made a magistrate in 1800.
• Scope and Content
  20 March 1791; Letter, signed by John Harris, to an unnamed correspondent. Harris describes the settlements at Port Jackson, Rose Hill [Parramatta] and Norfolk Island; the appearance and habits of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Port Jackson and the spearing of Governor Arthur Phillip at Manly; birds, animals and plants at Sydney and Norfolk Island; and refers to his refusal to accept an appointment to Norfolk Island. He refers to himself as 'a pupil of yours'.
  Aug. 1791; Letter to Captain William Hill at Norfolk Island. Harris refers to promotions and new appointments in the New South Wales Corps and the formation of two additional companies; advises Hill to keep on friendly terms with Major Ross and other officials at Norfolk Island; and criticises the conduct of Capt. Nepean at Rose Hill. The letter is incomplete, unsigned and undated. The date has been ascertained by Harris' reference to the arrival in Sydney 'on Monday last' of the ship Matilda.
  29 Sept. 1800; Warrant of appointment, with oath of office and declaration, as Justice of the Peace. Original manuscript with signatures of Philip Gidley King, Richard Dore and John Harris
  10 July 1819; Document of appointment as Justice of the Peace; with signature and seal of Lachlan Macquarie
  10 Sept. 1825; Draft letter to Saxe Bannister, Attorney General, replying to Bannister's enquiry of the 8 Sept. why a certiorare should not be issued against Harris in the matter of illegal punishments
  14 Sept. 1825; Printed copy of Government and General Order detailing arrangements for general musters
  31 Dec. 1829; Circular letter addressed to Harris stating the nature of indulgences (pardons and tickets) given to convicts and recommending the method of keeping records of cases
  Apr. 1830; Printed notice of an act to suppress robbery and housebreaking, passed by the Legislative Council on 21 April 1830
  1 June 1837; Circular letter addressed to Harris concerning the status and rights of married female convicts. Printed text, signed by Edward Deas Thomson
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a1369.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823584
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bannister, Saxe, 1790-1877
  Dore, Richard
  Hill, William, 1760?-1793
  King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808
  Thomson, E. Deas (Edward Deas), 1800-1879
  
• Name
  Great Britain. Army. New South Wales Corps
  Nepean, Evan, 1751-1822
  Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814
  Ross, Robert, ca. 1740-1794
  
• Subject
  Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Convicts--New South Wales.
  Norfolk Island--History--1788-1851.
  Surgeons--New South Wales.
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1788-1851
  
• Place
  Norfolk Island
  Parramatta (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3427232

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