Papers of John Grant 1769-1810
| Place |
Sydney Norfolk Island |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Grant, John |
| Keywords |
Certificates Petitions |
| Current holder | |
| Link | |
| Series number |
MS 737 |
| Item number |
2963493 |
| Access rights |
Digitised |
| Rights |
Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan. |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1769 to 1810 |
| Description from source |
0.26 cm. (2 security binders) + 4 folders. This collection consists chiefly of letters by Grant to his mother and sister in England, 1803-1810, and a journal, Jan. 1805 – March 1810, written in French and transcribed and translated by W.S. Hill-Reid, Yvonne Cramer and others. The letters and journal contain detailed accounts of Grant’s experiences in the colony and descriptions of the people and places he encountered, including Simeon Lord, John Palmer, Governor Bligh, and Vaucluse House. The collection also includes Grant’s “Bond of union”, 1805, his instrument of protest that resulted in his deportation to Norfolk Island. Also included in the collection are petitions ; certificates, legal documents; correspondence with Robert Campbell, 1806-1807; a notebook, 1809; poetry, 1804-1805; and other papers. The collection was discovered in the vaults of Lloyd’s Bank in London by Mr W.S.Hill-Reid. |
| Physical format |
Manuscripts Certificates Diaries Letters Notebook Poetry |
| Bibliographic citation |
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