1999.0009
PAPERS OF THE BRIGHT FAMILY AND THE MANNERS SUTTON FAMILY [1495-1927]
Creator(s): 
Bright Family [-],
 Manners-Sutton, John Henry Thomas [1814-1877]

1. Folder of early Australian documents collected by Alfred Bright, including real samples of Ticket-of-leave, Governor's Pardon, Convict Identity documents; Cause for a lashing; 1830-1889; 2. Fifteen folders of Bright Family Papers, including land deeds, wills, indentures, letters, accounts, deeds of partnership, inventories, publications (inc. Jamaican Gazette 11 July 1754), Victorian Miner's Right, Elector's Right, Passenger Ticket S.S. 'Great Britain' 1870, Victorian share scrip; 1495-1920s; 
3. Twenty-nine folders relating to the Manners Sutton family, including letters, telegraphs, opinions, reports, Division Lists (Reform Bill, 1831), Welcome Addresses, newscuttings, genealogical notes etc., much of it relating to John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton's gubernatorial career in New Brunswick, Trinidad and Victoria; objects, including leather briefcase stamped 'The Rt. Hon. The Speaker', and leather wallet containing envelopes of babies' hair; c.1805-1927

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