Papers of John Grant 1769-1810

Title	Papers of John Grant 1769-1810
Subject	New South Wales--History Sydney (N.S.W.) Legal documents French diaries Correspondence Convict labor Deportation Bankruptcy Poetry
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Grant, John
Keywords	Certificates Petitions
Current holder	National Library of Australia
Period of reference	1769 – 1810
Link	https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-290670902
Series number	MS 737
Item number	2963493
Access rights	Digitised
Rights	Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Sydney Norfolk Island
Language	French English
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
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