Provenance note 

Document 1 in this series, previously located at ML MSS 743/3, was acquired for the Mitchell Library from the London bookseller Francis Edwards in December 1946. 

Document 2 previously located at ML A79-3, document 3 previously located at ML A78-5, and document 5 previously located at ML A80-2, were purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales. They were transferred to the Mitchell Library in 1910 and were part of the accession which became known as the Brabourne collection. 

Document 4, previously located at ML C181, was acquired for the Library from Angus & Robertson in February 1911.