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Box 1
2 pairs of leather gloves

1 leather Masonic apron inscribed 'M?J.P' under flap in the front

1 piece of material of satin and velvet - apparently Masonic 

Box 2
1 star shaped metal Masonic badge (with faux diamonds?)

1 pair of silver sugar tongs

6 identical silver teaspoons inscribed 'MG to D' on the front

Spoons and Masonic regalia of James Dunlop, ca. 1821-1848

Item 1
a. Correspondence, 24 May 1825-6 July 1832
Mainly regarding the circumstances of Rumker's dismissal from Parramatta Observatory in 1830, and includes correspondence between Rumker and the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Drafts of Rumker's letters to Governor Darling and the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies are included. Correspondents include Sir Thomas Brisbane, James Dunlop, Davies Gilbert, Peter Heywood, Robert William Hay, Viscount Howick, Alexander Macleay and Horace Twiss

Item 2
b. 'Report on the Parramatta observations. Copy'. 5 June 1830. Report of the committee set up to examine astronomical observations made by Rumker in 1822 and 1823 at Parramatta Observatory, and to report on which set is the original. Includes statements by Rumker, Brisbane and Dunlop

Item 3
c. 'Volage. Remark Book. 21 September 1825 to 20 December 1826'. Captain R. S. Dundas' remarks made on the voyage of H.M.S. Volage from Teneriffe via Cape of Good Hope, India, Ceylon to Port Jackson

Item 4
d. Deed of sale of Rumker's farm, Stargard, at Camden, N.S.W., to Henry Grattan Douglass, 2 November 1827

Christian Carl Ludwig Ruemker papers, 24 May 1825-6 July 1832

Series 01: Henry Rae, 1824-1840
A. Letters received 1824-1833
Included two letters by James Dunlop, superintendent of the Government Observatory at Parramatta, N.S.W. 30 June-4 August 1833
B. Will, 10 August 1840

Series 02: Jean Rae, Mrs Henry nee Gordon, ca. 1818-1833
A. Correspondence, ca. 1818-1833
Includes two letters by Henry Rae, 9 June 1820, no date, and two letters by Jean Dunlop, 13 September 1824-May 1826

Series 03: Miscellaneous material, 1824, no date
Being an epitaph of Margaret Hodges, 1824, and two valentine messages, no date

Henry Rae papers, ca. 1818-1840

Volume 1
a. Correspondence, mainly letters received 1818-1841, with index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library.  Includes letter from Sir Francis Beaufort, 1834 and Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier, 1818-1823

Box 2
Items 1-2
b. 'Sacred Thoughts Notes extracts', 1823-1825 

Items 3-4
c. Instructions as commander of troops and Governor of N.S.W., 1821

Items 5-6
d. Material relating to astrological observations at Parramatta, N.S.W., ca. 1830-ca. 1849, including 'Report on the Parramatta Observations' by Davies Gilbert, Francis Baily and Sir Francis Beaufort in an unknown hand with statements by Sir Charles Rumker and James Dunlop in an unknown hand

Item 7
e. Two letters from Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier to an unknown person referring to Brisbane, 1822-1824

Item 8
f. Account of voyage of ships Claudine and Hastings from Port Jackson, N.S.W., to Murray Island, Torres Strait, 1820 in an unknown hand

Item 9
g. Account of voyage from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land, 1823-1824, in an unknown hand

Item 10
h. Miscellaneous material, 1828-1845

Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

Letter from Andrew Aitken, Overton, Scotland, addressed to James Dunlop Residing near Government House, Parramatta, New Holland, care of John Wylie from Dalry. The letter, from one of Dunlop's friends, conveys news of his friends and relations at Overton. Also included is the front page of an envelope addressed to 'Mr James Dunlop, Kincumber, Brisbane Water' which is annotated in pencil '1852'.

Letter from Andrew Aitken to James Dunlop, 15 April 1823

a. James Dunlop, 5 March-7 November 1833
Concerns results of magnetic experiments of Dunlop,  discovery of a comet, advice to King in his observations, and construction of a circular micrometer 

b. Carl Rumker, 19 December 1845, 12 July 1849
Concerns discovery of a new planet by Hencke, King's observations of Moon-Culminating stars and his charts of South America

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