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903269
  • Title
    Papers relating to Matthew Flinders, 1796-1940
  • Creator
  • Call number
    Af 2/Folder 1
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1796-1940
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    903269
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 2457
  • Physical Description
    1 folder of textual material
  • Scope and Content
    Item 1
    Letter from Matthew Flinders to his wife, 7 July 1805 (a manuscript copy and a facsimile)

    Item 2
    Extract from A brief memoir of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., in State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

    Item 3
    Letter from Matthew Flinders to Thomas Franklin, 18 May 1805

    Item 4
    Extract from letter of Sir J.E. Horne in Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 1853

    Item 5
    A letter from Matthew Flinders to Mrs Franklin on the blank sheet of paper of one from his wife, written on their wedding day, 17 April 1801

    Item 6
    Letter from New South Wales, Official Representative, London to Under Secretary, Premiers Dept., Sydney

    Item 7
    Photograph of the house in which Matthew Flinders died, (enclosed in above letter, 1936)
    14 Maple Street (then London Street)
    Fitzroy Square
    London W England

    Item 8
    Holograph letter from Anne Petrie to Sir G. Fitzroy, 3 April 1854, expressing thanks for pension awarded to widow and daughter of Captain Flinders (enclosure in message no. 21, 5 July 1854 with cover)

    Item 9
    Letter from William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland to Marquiss Wellesley, 24 October 1804, relating to detention of Captain Flinders by General De Caen

    Item 10
    Holograph notes by Francis J. Bayldon relating to Matthew Flinders marriage to Anne Chappell at Partney in Lincolnshire, England, 25 July 1922

    Item 11
    Descent of Matthew Flinders shown in family tree, compiled in 1796 by John Hursthouse (photograph of original document)

    Item 12
    Extract from Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury, 15 April 1932, relating to Captain Matthew Flinders and family

    Item 13
    Extract from Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury relating to Matthew Flinders marriage, 13 May 1932 (photostat)

    Item 14
    Note on Flinders' Sextant, compiled by M. Flower, 29 July 1940

    Item 15 (
    Memo by H. Wright, relating to portrait of Flinders

    Item 16
    Extracts from Matthew Flinders brief memoir: typescript copy from manuscript section in Public Library of Victoria

    Item 17
    Correspondence relating to portrait offered by de Chazal 1935 and alleged Gainsborough portrait

    Item 18
    Correspondence relating to Flinders' Journal
  • Description source

    Compiled from the Manuscripts A file as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
  • General note

    Letter from William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland to Marquis Wellesley, 24 October 1804 at Af 2/Folder 1/Item 9: Transferred from Ab 57
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