GROUP
Series 2/3 Henry Samuel Chapman - Tasmanian and Victorian papers
- Date
- 1850-1864
- By
- Chapman, Henry Samuel, 1803-1881
- Reference
- Series-4338
- Description
Correspondence and other papers relating to Henry Samuel Chapman's turbulent career in Van Diemen's Land as Colonial Secretary 1851-1854, and as lawyer, political reformer, legislator, Attorney-General and acting judge in Victoria 1854-1864. Also letters and papers relating to his travel and work in London between his resignation as Colonial Secretary and his settling in Victoria.
Quantity: 22 folder(s).
- Part of
- Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
- Format
- 22 folder(s)
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Official papers - The question of transportation of criminals to Van Diemen's Land
Date: 1842-1852
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0053-04
Description: Official memoranda, reports, correspondence and other papers relating to transportation question in Tasmania, and to H S Chapman's dismissal as Colonial Secretary. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Official correspondence relating to transportation and to the extension of office of Go...
Date: Aug-Nov 1852
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0053-01
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Inward correspondence - Personal
Date: Apr-Nov 1853
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0053-11
Description: Letters from Tasmania Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Personal papers - Newspaper clippings
Date: 1852, 1855
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0053-13
Description: Includes report of the Turnbull case; election of Chapman as representative for South Bourke, Victoria; and appointment of Denison to Governor-Generalship and a discussion of the powers of the Governor-General Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Papers on judges' rights
Date: 1864
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8670-214
Description: Printed papers from the Legislative Assembly of Victoria and clippings from Melbourne newspapers over the question of judges' rights and judicial independence. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Loose newspaper cuttings
Date: 1842-1867
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-8670-06
Description: Loose newspaper cuttings, collected by H S Chapman from Tasmanian, Melbourne and Sydney newspapers, re both his political and legal activity in Tasmania and Victoria and items of personal interest Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Loose newspaper cuttings
Date: 1843-1863
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-8670-05
Description: Loose newspaper cuttings, collected by H S Chapman from Tasmanian, Melbourne and Sydney newspapers, re both his political and legal activity in Tasmania and Victoria and items of personal interest Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters - Henry Samuel Chapman to his father
Date: 1852
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8670-066
Description: Letters from Hobart to his father, Henry Chapman, discussing the political affairs of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward letters while in Victoria
Date: 1852-1865
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8670-081
Description: Letters ,mainly of a political and administrative nature. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters patent
Date: 1852
From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-8670-02
Description: Letters patent, appointing H S Chapman to be Colonial Secretary for Van Diemen's Land Quantity: 1 folder(s).