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Title
Series 1: William Cox - Journal, 18 July-2 December 1814 / William Cox
Creator
William Cox, 1764-1837
Call number
SAFE/C 708/1 (Safe 1/264)
Level of description
series
Date

18 July 1814-2 December 1814
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1024107
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1022, frames 70 - 111 (C 708/1, filed at Safe 1/264)
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material - manuscript - 20 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
C 708/1: diary entries Mon. 18 Jul. - Fri. 2 Dec. 1814, and some preliminary pages giving a narrative account of the origins and conditions of the undertaking.
C 708/1 titled "Narrative of Proceedings by Wm Cox, Esq. of Clarendon in constructing a road from Captn Woodriffe's farm on the Neapean River opposite Emu Plains on the banks of Macquarie River in the year 1814 and 1815".
System of arrangement
Chronological diary entries.
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

C 708/1 has Mitchell Library bookplate: "This book was presented to The Mitchell Library Sydney by Mrs Marian Ada Cox on behalf of the late Sydney Thomas Cox 1 Aug 1930"
C 708/1 originally catalogued as original and C 708/2 as copy: recatalogued in reverse in Sep 1961. C 708/1 seems to be the handwriting of William Cox's son George.
Signatures / Inscriptions

C 708/1: stamp, "Cox, Romani, Longfield St, Cabramatta"; and handwritten inscription "The water-mark on the paper of this book is Budgen & Willmott, 1812", signed and dated 1/8/30. Inside back cover, inscribed "Mrs Cox left Sydney ... 1860", and some bank details.
Exhibited in

The Governor : Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 (Travelling exhibition) - State Library of New South Wales (5 November, 2010 - 31 March, 2012)
The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 - State Library of New South Wales (July 2010 - October 2010). Applies to: Vol. 1
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