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Items 1 and 2
Copies of two letters from W. Percy Faithfull dated 17 October  to C.V.F. Anderson, describing the encounter with bushrangers, John Gilbert, Ben  Hall and Dunn on 6 February 1865 at Springfield, Goulburn and relating to some poetry in the Bulletin which credited C.V.F. Anderson's pluck to training received at the King's School

Item 3
Notes signed by C.V. Faithfull Anderson, no date

Item 4 
Letter from H.V. Douglass, manager of Perpetual Trustee Co. Ltd. to W.H. Ifould, Principal Librarian, Public Library of N.S.W., 7 July 1932, forwarding letters and a gold medal awarded by the Government of New South Wales on behalf of Faithfull family

Item 5
Copies of two letters from W. Pitt Faithfull to the Colonial Secretary, 6 and 7 February, 1865, relating to attack of Ben Hall and gang upon his four sons; fight with bushrangers and recovery of a government revolver; together with a note to Miss Flower, 21 November 32

Item 6 
Copy of letter from Principal Librarian of Public Library of N.S.W. to G.V.F. Mann, 13 December 1934, thanking him for sending typescript of notes on Springfield, Goulburn, Faithfull family, pioneers of Goulburn, N.S.W.

Item 7
Holograph notes, unsigned and undated, noting the extent of Newspaper descriptions of the hold-up of the Faithfull brothers by Ben Hall and his gang, 6 February 1865

Papers relating to W. Percy Faithful, 1865-1932

12 Jan. 1834;  Holograph letter from W.H. Hovell to Walter Morris concerning financial and farming matters and advising on the route to Goulburn. (Call No.: Ah 47/1/1: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

1851;  Petition by W.H. Hovell to New South Wales Legislative Council requesting permission to erect bridges over the Cataract and Nepean Rivers;  presented on 11 Nov. 1851. (Call No.: Ah 47/1/2: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

undated, after 1836;  Map of Australia from Morton Bay to the New Colonies in Australia Felix with the discoveries of the recent expeditions in the interior in 1835 and 1836, published by R. Clint. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/3: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

22 August 1815;  Letter received by W.H. Hovell from William Burnett, Schooner Brothers, Trials Harbour. Burnett, captain of the Brothers, gives Hovell an account  of the attack by Maoris upon the Brothers in which several men were killed and Burnett was wounded.  (Call No.: Ah 1/1/4: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

undated;  Leaflet copied from 'The Norman People and their Descendants in the British Dominions' describing the derivation of the name Hovell. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/5: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

undated, after 1902;  Newspaper cutting reporting the addition to the collections of the Technological Museum, Sydney, of an old iron chest which was formerly the property of W.H. Hovell. Sydney Morning Herald 1912, June 13, p.8. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/6: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

18 Jan. 1853;  Holograph draft letter by W.H. Hovell to Hamilton Hume reporting on his visit to Melbourne, giving news of the obelisk to be erected at Geelong to honour their discoveries, and inviting Hume to join him in possible journeys to Melbourne and the Ovens district. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/7: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

ca. 1852-3;  Resolutions prepared for a meeting at Geelong to propose a permanent monument to commemorate Hume and Hovell's discoveries. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/8: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

29 and 31 Oct. 1860;  Letters (2) received by W.H. Hovell from William Pitt Faithfull concerning the formation of the Association for the Suppression of Cattle Stealing. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/9: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

1850-1851;  Memorial to His Excellency Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy from landowners and others interested in the Great South Road. Printed by Jones, Goulburn, 11 Nov. 1850;  presented to the Governor on 30 Dec. 1850 by William Bradley, Daniel Cooper Jnr. and W.H. Hovell. Includes manuscript reply from Edward Deas Thomson, Colonial Secretary, 21 Jan. 1851.  (Call No.: Ah 47/1/1/10: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

ca. 1914;  Newscutting with photograph of explorers' tree at Albury. (Call No.: Ah 47/1/11: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

1833-1836;  Printed broadsheet concerning the formation, in 1833-1834, of associations to suppress cattle stealing;  printed by W.Jones, Sydney, ca. 1834;  annotated by W.H. Hovell, 1836, with the names of association members and comments on the success of the associations. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/12: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

1904;  Newscutting giving an account of banquet held for W.H. Hovell on 29th anniversary of discovery of Geelong. (Call No.: Ah 47/1/13: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

16 Feb. 1931;  Letter from W.C. Wentworth to the Trustees of the Mitchell Library giving the provenance of W.H. Hovell's walking stick presented to the Library by Mrs. Kell. (Call No.: Ah 47/1/1/14: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

ca. 1931;  Note, probably by Hugh Wright, Mitchell Librarian, concerning the history of W.H. Hovell's walking stick presented to the Mitchell Library in 1931. (Call No.: Ah 1/1/15: CY 1522, frames 633-687)

Sept. 1815, 5-10 Oct. 1815;  Trading agreements (3) between Maori chieftains at Bay of Islands and Simeon Lord, concerning flax, Sept. 1815, with moko signatures;  with holograph notes by W.H. Hovell concerning non-delivery of flax, 5-10 Oct. 1815. (Call No.: Ah 47/2/items 1-3: CY 1522, frames 622-632)

Letter from W.H. Hovell to Walter Morris, 1834 (Ah 47/1/1)

William Hilton Hovell - papers, 1815-1860, with associated papers, ca. 1902-1931

Petition by W.H. Hovell to New South Wales Legislative Council (Ah 47/1/2)

William Hilton Hovell papers, 1815-1860, with associated papers, ca. 1902-1931

Guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library, 56ff (Call No.: MLMSS 98/1)
  
I.  SIR EDWARD KNOX. 1831-1901
A. Personal correspondence, 1835-c.1900 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/2-13)
B. General business correspondence, 1839-ca.1900 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/14-22)
C. Letterbooks, 1857-1880 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/23-24 ;  CY 1064)
D. Business diary, 1878 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/23-24)
Maps filed at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 98 Maps 1-3
E. Papers re business interests, 1838-1899. Including i.a. Colonial Sugar Refining Company;  Commercial Banking Company of Sydney;  Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company;  Coonambula, station, Gayndah, Queensland;  Cania, station, Mount Perry, Queensland;  Whiteside, station, Moreton Bay district, Queensland (Call No.: MLMSS 98/25-32)
Maps filed at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 98 Maps 4-5
F. Papers re various institutions and organizations, 1841-1901, including i.a. the Union Club;  the Queen's Jubilee Fund;  the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital;  Carrington Centennial Hospital;  St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney;  St. Mark's, Darling Point, N.S.W.;  All Saints, Woollahra, N.S.W.;  Clergy Widows'and Orphans'Fund;  Church Society;  Berrima Parsonage, N.S.W.;  Sydney Grammar School. Includes i.a. letters from Robert Campbell junior to W.G. Broughton (Call No.: MLMSS 98/33-43)
G. Papers re parliamentary career, 1856-c.1894 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/44-45)
H. Papers re various trusts and estates, 1851-1900  (Call No.: MLMSS 98/46-84)
 i) 'Severin Kanute Salting', 1858-1900
Includes correspondence with Severin Kanute Salting, William Severin Salting, George Salting, material re Cunningham Plains station, near Galong, N.S.W., and material re Bonyeo station, near Galong, N.S.W.
Maps filed at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 98 Maps 6-12 
 ii) 'William Rutledge', 1858-1901
Includes correspondence with William Rutledge, Thomas Rutledge, William Forster Rutledge, Thomas Forster Rutledge, William Rupert Rutledge
iii) 'William Bradley', 1863-1898
Includes material re Bibbenluke station, Bibbenluke, N.S.W.
iv) 'Ada Bransby', 1870-1900
Includes correspondence with Ada Bransby, also addressed as Ada Stuart and correspondence of A. Stanger Leathes
v) 'Louisa Australia Blaxland', 1869-1907
Includes birth certificate of William Blaxland and notebooks of Elizabeth A. Mapledoram
[3 letters regarding the estate of Louisa Australia Blaxland (pages 1, 79 and 231) and a letter addressed to E.T. Blaxland, Grafton, removed from Vol.65 and placed at Safe 2 / 11]
vi) 'Emily Crawley', 1854-1898
Includes correspondence with Emily Crawley
vii) 'Robert Towns', 1874-1900 viii 'Louis Sentis', 1879-19OO
Includes correspondence with Louis Sentis, Marie Sentis, Ernestine Desiree Sentis, Paul Phillippe Sentis and Madame Joubert
viii) 'Louis Sentis', 1879-1900
Includes correspondence with Louis Sentis, Marie Sentis, Ernestine Desiree Sentis, Paul Phillippe Sentis and Madame Joubert
ix) 'Reginald Perkins', 1853-1889
Includes correspondence with Richard Netterfield, Reginald Perkins, Jane Perkins, Herbert Perkins, Henrietta Perkins, Sydney Perkins, E.M. Perkins, Lucy Perkins, material re Mundubbera, station, Gayndah, Queensland
x) 'Herbert Stiles', 1878-1900
Includes correspondence with Herbert Stiles and correspondence between Henry Deloitte and Henry and Mary Stiles
xi) 'Edward John Wall', 1863-1900
Includes correspondence with Robert Henry Woodward, Charles Woodforde, Charles Neal McKenny, Letitia Wan
xii) 'Margaret Campbell', 1851-1891 
xiii) 'John D. Brown', 1847-c.1889
Includes assignment and release of Charlotte Brown 
 xiv) 'Augusta Sams', 1881-C.1889
Augusta Sams married Sir George Macleay in 1890 
xv) 'Robert Tooth', 1859-1861 
xvi) 'Grace Frances Rusden', 1890-1900 
xvii) 'Edwin Campbell', 1850-1859
I. Financial papers, 1849-c.1900 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/85-91)
J. Miscellaneous papers, 1846-1901. Includes invitations (Call No.: ML MSS 98/92-93)
Maps filed at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 98 Maps 13-15
K. Newscuttings, 1856-c.1900 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/94-96)
L. Printed material, 1878-c.1900
  
II.  EDWARD WILLIAM KNOX, 1854-1928 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/99-100)
  
III. THOMAS FORSTER KNOX, 1862-1897 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/101)
  
IV.  MARTHA KNOX nee RUTLEDGE, 1847-1901 
1847-1901;  Letters received (Call No.: MLMSS 98/102)
  
V.  GEORGE KNOX. c.1871-1887
ca.1871-1887;  Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 98/102)
  
VI.  MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 1836-1901
1836,1860-1899;  Include letters by Jane Knox senior, 1836, and Jessie Knox, 1860-1899  (Call No.: MLMSS 98/102)
  
VII. INCIDENTAL PAPERS. 1851-1898
A. Papers of Joseph Grafton Ross, 1854-1894, mainly re the estates of the Samuel Bennett and William Alien families (Call No.: MLMSS 98/103-106)
B. Correspondence of Sir Thomas A. Dibbs, 1888-1898  (Call No.: ML MSS 98/107)
C.  Miscellaneous papers, 1851-1889 (Call No.: MLMSS 98/107)
  
VIII  MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE, date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 98/108-117)

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see Pic.Acc.4763 in Pic. Source File.

AUTHOR ENTRIES:
Abbott, Joseph Palmer, Sir, 1842-1901
Barker, Frederic, 1808-1882
Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, Baron, 1843-1928
Cowper, Charles, Sir, 1807-1875
Cowper, William Macquarie, 1810-1902
Cox, George Henry, 1824-1901
Darley, Frederick Matthew, Sir, 1830-1910
Dibbs, George R. (George Richard), 1834-1904
Dibbs,T A.(Thomas Allwright), 1832-1923
Fairfax, James Reading, Sir, 1834-1919
Fairfax, John, 1804-1877
Faithfull, William Pitt, 1806-1896
Hale, Mathew B. (Mathew Blagden), 1811-1895
Halloran, Henry, 1811-1893
Harris, Matthew, Sir, 1841-1917
Hodgson, Arthur, Sir, 1818-1902
Hunt, John Horbury, 1838-1904 
Jersey, Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, Earl of, 1845-1915
Knox, Adrian, Sir, 1863-1932
Knox, Edward, Sir, 1819-1901
Knox, Edward William, 1847-1933
Knox, George, 1845-1888
Knox, Thomas Forster, 1849-1919
MacLaurin, Henry, Sir, 1835-1914
Manning, William Montagu, Sir, 1811-1895
Marsden, Samuel Edward, 1832-1912
Nicholson, Charles, Sir, 1808-1903
Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
Rusden, G. W. (George William), 1819-1903
Towns, Robert, 1794-1873

Knox family - Papers, 1835-1928, with incidental papers, 1851-1898, including papers of Joseph Grafton Ross, 1854-1894

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