Cover image for Letterbook of Correspondence addressed to the Manager, Van Diemens Land Company.
Series:
Letterbook of Correspondence addressed to the Manager, Van Diemens Land Company.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
06 Mar 1826
End Date:
12 Jul 1828
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 182531 Dec 1856
Related Series:
CSO1 General Correspondence.01 Jan 182431 Dec 1836
Previous Series:
CSO35 General Letterbooks.17 May 182416 Jun 1826
Series notes:
The Van Diemen's Land Company was established in Tasmania by Royal Charter in 1825; it was granted an enormous area of land in the North-Western quarter, and was the biggest single private enterprise in the Colony: as such, it employed a large number of assigned servants, and subjects relating to them are probably the most frequently mentioned in these letters. Others are the adjustment of the Company's boundaries and matters relating more personally to the manager, Edward Curr, who was also a Member of the Executive Council. There is no index, but file references are quoted after January 1827. The series is apparently complete.

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