• Title
  Charles Harpur papers, 1813-1891
• Creator
  Charles Harpur, 1813-1868
• Call number
  *D 19
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1813-1891
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  1120811
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 468
  
• Physical Description
  0.4 metres of textual material (1 volume)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Charles Harpur (1813-1868), poet and critic, was born on 23 January 1813, at Windsor on the Hawkesbury. He had early seen his calling as that of Australia's first poet and thenceforth his lack of interest in the mundane matter of making a living is matched by our lack of knowledge of how he lived: various jobs till 1836, letter-sorter from 1836 to 1839, possibly some newspaper work till he returned to the Hunter about 1841, first to Singleton and then to Jerry's Plains.
  
  In 1859 John Robertson, minister of lands, appointed Harpur an assistant gold commissioner on the southern goldfields, where he was efficient and just, popular and successful; his appointment was ended on 30 June 1866.
  
  (Source: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harpur-charles-2158)
• Scope and Content
  1. Register of Patents, No. 8, page 340, 1 September 1859. Sir William Thomas Denison to Charles Harpur.
  
  2. Letter from Henry Kendall to Charles Harpur, dated 12 January 1862, North Grafton, Clarence River.
  
  3. Document dated January 1864, a reference on Ah Min, a Chinese solicitor.
  
  4. Memorandum of Agreement between Charles Harpur and James Millar, dated 27 March 1865.
  
  5. Copy of 'A Rhyme' by Charles Harpur.
  
  6. Letter dated 3 July [1891], 'Invermein', Scone. 'My dear Mary' from your affectionate cousin James H. Doyle. Harpurs Poems dr. to J.H. Howe & J.H. Doyle.
  
  7. Letter dated 2 April [1857] by Charles Harpur.
  
  8. Baptisms 1813 certificate for Charles Harpur, born 23 January 1813, baptized 23 May 1813. Parents Joseph and Sarah.
  
  9. Letter dated 13 June 1857, Anvil Creek, to Bernard McMahon of Sydney. 'My dear Bernard' from Charles Harpur.
  
  10. Letter dated 8 September 1857, Anvil Creek to Bernard (brother-in-law) from Charles Harpur.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright restrictions may apply:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Manuscripts Index Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2013-2014
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Harpur, Charles, 1813-1868
  
• Name
  Harpur, Charles, 1813-1868
  Harpur, Mary Ann
  
• Subject
  Poets, Australian--19th century.
  Australian poetry--19th century.
  birth certificates
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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