Copy of memorandum from Franics Hare to Acting Chief Commissioner of Police

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Accession[1979.0078] Letters received by and relating to Superintendent Francis HareIdentifierUMA-ITE-1979007800045Scope and ContentCopy of memo in which Hare comments (from memory) on details of payments to police spies, and the circumstances
in which spies were employed and dismissed, viz. Morton, McPherson, Farmer, Allingham, Frewin, Fry, Sherrington, Carrington, Ah Man, Cox, Bennett, Stamp, Sherritt, Graham, Bruce, Denny, Watts, Hudson, Jones, Foote, McNamara, Renwick, Bellis, Moses, Smith, Rule. This is part of the digitized version of the Francis Hare Correspondence held in the University of Melbourne Archives. It consists of 54 letters and documents, of which this is one, from 1859-87 and received by or relating to Superintendent Francis Hare, one of the members of the Victoria police force involved in the pursuit and capture of the Kelly Gang. The collection complements Hare's published memoir, The Last of the Bushrangers (London, 1892) and includes letters by some of the key figures of the Kelly story including the Police Commissioner Frederick Standish, Superintendents Charles Hope Nicolson and John Sadleir, Detective M Ward and John Sherritt, as well as items by Hare himself.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitSI (Gen) Unit 0039Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online

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CreatorHare, Francis A.RoleProvenance

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Date14 September 1881

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Copy of memorandum from Franics Hare to Acting Chief Commissioner of Police