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Series number: 897 
Title: Main series of letters received [Colonial Secretary] 
Start date: ? 07 Feb 1788 
End date: 1826 
Contents start date: ? 07 Feb 1788 
Contents end date: 1826 

Descriptive note: In addition to letters from Government officials and private individuals, this series includes copies of agreements, despatches, general orders, instructions, ordinary regulations, proclamations, memoranda, reports and returns.

Also included are letters received from settlements such as Bathurst, Moreton Bay, Newcastle, Port Macquarie and Van Diemen's Land.

(Microfilm copy of letters to 1825 at SR Reels 6041-6064, 6071-6072).

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See Colonial Secretary Correspondence Guide for an item list.

Relevant items in this series are indexed in Aboriginal Colonial Court Cases 1788-1838.

98 vols, 1 bundle

Note:
This description, as amended, is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.
 

Home location: This series is held at Western Sydney Records Centre. 
Format: Various - See Descriptive Note 

Images:
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Arrangement:  
Bridging aids: See Colonial Secretary Correspondence Guide for further details. 
Copies: Microfilm copy of letters to 1825 at State Records Reels 6041-6064, 6071-6072. This series forms part of the Archives Resources Kit which can be used in many locations throughout New South Wales. 
Item control status: Item lists are not available electronically. 

Creating agency:
16 Colonial Secretary and Registrar of the Records of New South Wales (1821-1824) / Colonial Secretary (1824-1856) / Colonial Secretary or Principal Secretary to the Government (1856-1859) / Chief Sec...  01 Feb 1821 ~ 31 Dec 1826 
1861 Secretary to the Governor  07 Feb 1788 ~ 01 Feb 1821 

Current agency responsible:
10 Premier's Office [II] (1988) / Premier's Department [II] (1988-2007) / Department of Premier and Cabinet (2007- )  

Preceding series:
None

Succeeding series:
905 Main series of letters received [Colonial Secretary] starts 1826 

Related series:
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Controlling series:
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Controlled series:
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Activities documented by this series:
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Persons creating this series:
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Record items in this series:
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