[UMA-SR-000002539] Letterbook of Matthew James Everingham

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IdentifierUMA-SR-000002539Extent2 itemsScope and ContentMatthew James Everingham (1769-1817) was sentenced to seven years transportation in 1784 and arrived in Australia in the First Fleet Transport Scarborough having little more than two years of his sentence still remaining. Upon release, he was granted fifty acres near Parramatta. The book appears to consist of copies of letters from Everingham to Samuel Shepherd in England. The letters give details of operations of the "Rum Corp" and "various methods of trade", of life in Sydney, of Everingham's efforts to farm his land and of an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains in 1796. Included are three newspaper cuttings concerning aspects of progress in NSW (sources and dates unknown); also, a note dated 1823 recording statistics on the emancipated convict in NSW. The letters as written are not in chronological order (Since 1817 is given as the year of Everingham's death, he cannot be the writer of the last-mentioned item). It would appear that copies were made in England and that Daniel Ritchie possibly acquired the book at a time when he was interested in convicts and transportation as a method of punishment.
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CreatorRitchie, DanielRoleCollector

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CreatorEveringham, Matthew James

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Date1779-1823

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Finding Aid Reference1/2State of ListFully listed

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Accession[1974.0084] RITCHIE FAMILY AND BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

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[UMA-SR-000002539] Letterbook of Matthew James Everingham