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Includes copy of text of land grant in Ultimo by Governor King, 1 January 1806, paper watermarked 1831; letters from John Armstrong (to John Macarthur and John Harris), Cornelius Lundie, and others; list of portions of Pyrmont Estate sold by order of James Macarthur, December 1839; estimate of uncut stone on Pyrmont Estate; list of original holders at Pyrmont Estate, 1839-1840; returns of rents or interest due on the Pyrmont Estate; group letter from purchasers requesting reduction of rate of interest payable for land purchases; letter from J. K. Chisholm, 1866, to James Macarthur re marriage settlement of Lady Macarthur, wife of Edward, and enclosing extract of deed of settlement as it affects the Pyrmont property; letter from Thomas Smith to James Macarthur re conflicting claims to Pyrmont Bay water frontage, with printed statement of eight proprietors; lithograph plan, "Converging lines for Pyrmont Bay ordered by the Government in 1849, shewing Mr Smith's improvements, on his water frontage"; letter from Thomas Smith to William Macarthur, concerning City Council scheme to realign Edward St, cutting off his frontage, and alleging involvement of John Robertson and William Allison; newscutting: letter to the [Sydney Morning] Herald re purchase of Darling Island, undated.

Volume 098 Item 01: Pyrmont Estate correspondence and returns, 1832-1870

CONTENTS:

File 1: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 1, pp. 1-690, 1796-1854

Correspondence, being mainly letters received including: Rowland Hassall, letters received (2), 1796, from Reverend George Burder; Thomas Hassall, letters received, 1818-1833, correspondents include William Ellis, Reverend W. Jones, Reverend George Burder, George Cox, Samuel O. Hassall, Reverend Thomas Redall; Anne Hassall, letters received (2); James S. Hassall, letters received, 1837-1854.

Correspondents include: Thomas Hassall, Anne Hassall, James Hassall (1802-1862), Catherine Elizabeth Hassall (Kate), Charles Rowland Hassall, Frances Hassall, Thomas Hancox Hassall, Marianne Hassall, George Thomas Hassall, Eliza Marsden Hassall, Frederic King, John Oxley, George F. Macarthur, William Shelley and Francis Cox.

Letters received by James S. Hassall form the main body of letters in this volume and include letters received from the age of 14 when he was a student through to 1854 when he was at Berrima. Early correspondence includes letters received from his parents, brothers and sisters and cousins while he was a student. He later received letters from younger family members while they were students at The King's School, Parramatta, and at Mr Woolls' school at Parramatta. Later correspondence includes many letters received from family members, along with letters received from friends.
 

File 2: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 1, pp. 691-1800, 1855-1874

Correspondence, being mainly letters received by James S. Hassall during the period he lived at Berrima and including his move to Queensland in 1873. Correspondence includes letters received: from family concerning family and family business matters; from friends; letters concerning Hassall's work as chaplain of Berrima Gaol, mainly from family of inmates; and letters from parents of young ladies enrolled at a school for young ladies run by Hassall, ca. 1868-1872. Correspondents include Thomas Hassall, George Hassall, John Futter, Charles Betts, Frances Hassall, Anne Hassall, Marianne Hassall, John Oxley, Henry Lumsdaine, Ingram Loft, James Chisholm, William Cowper, George F. Macarthur, James Betts, Robert Hope, Catherine Hassall, Eliza Hassall, Emily Hassall, Augustine Betts, Alfred Huntley, Robert Hassall, Samuel Edward Marsden (1832-1912), Mary Hassall, James Charles Hassall, and Bishop Frederick Barker.
 

File 3: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 1, pp. 1801-8095, ca. 1830-ca. 1900

Correspondence, being mainly undated letters received, some incomplete letters, and various papers.

Correspondence of Thomas Hassall, being a small number of undated letters received, correspondents include Maria Wood Street and George Cox. 

Correspondence and papers of James Hassall, being undated letters received and various papers, ca. 1838-ca. 1899.

Includes letters received from family and friends; letters received concerning a school operated by James Hassall at Berrima; letters received concerning Hassall's work at Berrima Gaol; a report sent to Bishop Mathew Hale in Brisbane, 1880; a list of candidates for confirmation at St Matthews Church, Sherwood, Brisbane, 1897; and a printed order of service for the installation of William Webber as Bishop of Brisbane, 1885.

Correspondents include Bishop Mathew Hale, William Henry Hassall, Thomas Frederic Hassall, Catherine Hassall, Marianne Hassall, Harriet Hassall, Thomas Hassall, Anne Hassall, Frances Hassall, Fred Betts, Robert Francis Hassall, Emily Hassall, Harriet King, Robert Lethbridge King, Frederic King, Charles Macarthur King, Francis Marsden Betts, George Thomas Hassall, Charles Betts, Charles Hassall, William Sowerby, and Robert Hope.

An undated letter from Robert Lethbridge King describes in some detail a fishing and camping trip at Port Stephens with King, four of his brothers and two others. The letter includes a sketch, 'Plan of the Fishing Ground Port Stephens' and descriptions of the waterways, fishing trips, and of Aboriginal women diving for lobsters.


File 4: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 1, pp. 8096-8750, ca. 1825-ca. 1900

Correspondence and papers, beings mainly manuscript papers.

Papers include: Thomas Hassall, sermons, 1825-1855, pp. 8096-8686. Sermons, originally in small notebooks, are bound into small volumes, being manuscript with annotations and corrections, and including on the first page the text of the sermon, as well as the name of the location or church and the date it was preached, eg. Bathurst 21/1/27, St Pauls 6/11/42, most sermons having been preached on more than one occasion.

James Hassall, papers and correspondence, ca. 1850-ca. 1900. Papers being manuscript, notes, fragments and letters received (2). Papers include 'Early Historical Memoranda of New South Wales', n.d., pp. 8707-8735; 'Trip in the Upper South Pine', n.d., pp. 8737-8742, probably written by James Hassall in Queensland during the 1870s; 'Parsonage, Berrima, Ode', n.d., pp. 8743-8744; and letters received from Charles Rowland Hassall, ca.1850, and Bessie Unwin, n.d.

Sub-series 1: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 1, 1796-ca. 1900

Include receipted bills from David Walther, Bookseller, Piccadilly, 28 Dec 1839-10 Dec 1842; John Cooper, 8 Apr-22 Oct 1840 (for succades?); John Lefevre, 2 Feb 1852, 9 Jun 1852, for quotation for repairs to cottage at Parramatta.

Correspondence relating to the will and estate of the late Sir Edward Macarthur includes:

J. K. Chisholm to Sir William Macarthur, 7 Apr 1873 (pp. 30-32)
Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney to Sir W. Macarthur, 21 Aug 1878 (pp. 65-67)
Sir W. Farquhar to Hopwood & Sons, 6 Feb 1872 (pp. 7-8)
Sir W. Farquhar to Sir W. Macarthur, 18 Feb 1873, 18 Jun 1873, 27 Jun 1873, 9 Jul 1873, 24 Nov 1875, 12 Jun 1876 (pp. 17-20)
Hopwood & Sons to Sir W. Macarthur, 17 May 1872, 13 Jun 1872 (pp. 13-16)
J. Norton to Sir W. Macarthur, 20 Mar 1872, 23 Mar 1874, 24 Aug 1880, 24 Dec 1880 (pp. 9-12, 40-41, 68-73)
Norton & Smith to J. K. Chisholm, 18 Feb 1882 (pp. 74-75)
Sir W. Macarthur to Lady Macarthur, Oct 1875, May 1878, 7 Jun 1878 (pp. 42-44, 53-64)

Volume 23 Item 02: Sir Edward Macarthur receipted bills, 1839-1842, 1852, and correspondence relating to his will and estate, 1872-1882

Include letters from Frederic Barker (Bishop of Sydney), H. H. Browne, William Campbell, J. K. Chisholm, Godfrey Charles Cliffe, Sir Charles Cowper, W. S. Davidson, J. F. Downes, J. E. Liardet, Arthur Hannibal Macarthur, Rev G. F. Macarthur, Duncan McArthur, James Manning, Sir James Martin, Sir Charles Nicholson, Alexander Nisbet, Frederick Norman, George Warde Norman, A. P. Onslow, Sir Henry Parkes, J. H. Plunkett, G. W. Rusden, Archibald Maxwell Smith, Charles Graham Smith, Sir Alfred Stephen, Sir Alexander Stuart, Rev H. Tingcombe, W. Wilkins.

Subjects include assisted immigration, Camden Institute, James' appointment to Legislative Council, proposed visit to Camden of Duc de Penthievre, Nepean River flood mitigation proposal, donations for Parramatta School of Arts, land policy, engagement of Elizabeth to A. A. W. Onslow, Public Schools Bill, Paris Exhibition, 1867, sheep farming, viticulture, election of lay representatives from Camden to Church of England Conference, appointment of assistant teacher to Camden Public School, amalgamation of small schools at Menangle, education reform, Newtown and Randwick Cemetery Bill, gold discoveries in Southland and Otago, New Zealand.

Include Australian Library and Literary Institution circular letter in reference to allotment of shares, 6 Dec 1866.

Volume 30: James Macarthur letters received, 1865-1867

Include letters from Saxe Bannister, Frederick Bigge, Sir William Burton, Frederick Bundock, Sir William Burton, Hugh Childers, James Kingholme Chisholm, Colonial Office, Sir Charles Cowper, Dr John Dobie, J. A. Erskine, John Fairfax, General Association for the Australian Colonies, E. W. T. Hamilton, Charles von Huegel, Philip Gidley King the younger, George Lord, Rev George Fairfowl Macarthur, George Macleay, W. S. Macleay, Louisa Mundy (Mrs Godfrey Charles), Sir Charles Nicholson, George Warde Norman and Frederick Norman, Rev John Rigney, Sir Edward Deas Thomson, Rev Henry Tingcombe, E. W. Ward.

Subjects include legacy of Matthew Anderson; request by Saxe Bannister for Macarthur's testimony and support, 1862; transportation, including Penal Servitude Bill, transportation to Western Australia, anti-transportation address, 1863; payment for portraits by A. Capalti, 1863; Australian gold coin; affairs at Camden; progress of Southern railway; London International Exhibition; Lancashire Relief Fund; prizes for wool; Aboriginal missions; colonial defence; inter-colonial tariffs; Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company.

Include letters from James Macarthur to Bank of Australasia; Saxe Bannister; G. D. Engleheart; E. W. T. Hamilton; Sir Charles Nicholson; printed copies of letters from Sir Stuart Donaldson to Sir Daniel Cooper, and Saxe Bannister to C. S. Fortescue, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; newscuttings.

Volume 29: James Macarthur letters received, 1862-1864

Letters to Sir William in London and at Camden from relatives, including cousins, nieces and nephews, 25 December 1852-5 April 1882. Correspondents include Frederick Macarthur Bowman, Isabella M. Bowman, J. M. Bowman, W. M. Bowman, Charles Macarthur, Arthur Hannibal Macarthur, Emmeline Leslie (nee Macarthur) (also as Emmeline Falbe), Catherine Leslie (Mrs Patrick, nee Macarthur), James Macarthur (cousin of William), Isabella Macarthur Chisholm (Mrs James Kinghorne nee Bowman), James Chisholm, Elizabeth King (Mrs. P. G., nee Macarthur), M. H. Macarthur (Mrs James Macarthur, daughter-in-law of Hannibal).

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