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William Henry Archer Collection, Series 3-5

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Group 3: Material Relating to the Cardinal Newman Testimonial

                              
3/1            DALLEY William (Bede), no address to  Archer .  Only restrained from              
               participating in the movement by Considerations of his own unworthiness.          
               Suggestions for gift to Newman. 3pp (1 sheet) MS.   2 June 1879.                  
3/2            ACCOUNT from Ivan Jones, Manufacturing Gold and Silver Smith,   11 Hunter         
               Street, Sydney to Committee Cardinal Newman Testimonial.  Tender for              
               testimonial. Printed with MS 14 July 1879.                                        
3/3            BROWNLESS, AC Melbourne, to Archer.   Enclosing cheque for Newman Memorial.       
               Asks Archer to read his letter of resignation as President of Medical Defence     
               Association   in the Argus. 2pp. (1 sheet) MS.   22 Aug. 1879   Enclosure:        
               Cheque for £1/1/6.                                                     
3/4            ARCHER  to DALLEY  Re signing of address to Cardinal.  1p. MS. draft 24 Aug.      
               1879.                                                                             
3/5            ARCHER to Duke of Norfolk.  Re Newman memorial. 2pp. (2 sheets) MS. draft.        
               Undated                                                                           
3/6            DALLEY, "Numantia" Blue Mountains to Archer.   Has signed the address, repacked   
               and posted it.  Hopes the meeting of previous night pacific and unanimous.        
               Difference of opinion over way Newman's memory to be honoured. 1p. MS 29 Aug.     
               1879.                                                                             
3/7            The Freeman's Journal (1 page extract)  Reprints of letters to the Herald re      
               Cardinal Newman Memorial.  30 Aug. 1879.                                          
3/8            The Freeman's Journal (1 page extract)  Report of meeting of Cardinal Newman      
               Committee.  30 Aug. 1879.                                                         
3/9            ACCOUNT from Ivan Jones, Sydney to Archer for gold salver, etc.6 Sept 1879.       
3/10           Copy and translation of Latin inscription on gold salver presented to Cardinal    
               Newman. Printed and MS (Archer's hand)  Undated.                                  
3/11           DALLEY "Numantia", Blue Mountains to Archer.  Archer's letter to Duke of          
               Norfolk perfect. Education.  2pp. (1 sheet) MS. 13 Sept. 1879.                    
3/12           Proof sheet headed Summary - Cardinal Newman Memorial.  Copy of Archer's letter   
               to the Duke of Norfolk. Printed.  1879.                                           
3/13           Duke of Norfolk, Norfolk House, St James's Square, S.W., to Archer.  Has          
               received the salver and address to Cardinal Newman.  Necessary for public         
               presentation. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  19 Nov 1879                                     
3/14           NEWMAN, John H, Cardinal, the Oratory to Archer.  "Magnificent" gift.  4pp. (1    
               sheet) MS.  l9 Nov.1879.                                                          
3/15           DALLEY, Manly to Archer.  Re Norfolk's letter to Archer. 1pp. MS.  22 Jan.1880.   
3/16           Newspaper extract, headed Cardinal Newman Fund.  Newman's receipt of gift.        
               Archer's letter from the Duke of Norfolk printed, also letter to Dalley from      
               Cardinal Newman.   Undated.                                                       
3/17           AUSTIN, Henry, Headingley to Archer.   Re balance of Newman Testimonial Fund.     
               4pp. (1 sheet) MS.   5 Feb. 1881.                                                 
3/18           NEWMAN, Birmingham, to Archer.   Re Archer's birthday wishes. Pleased that the    
               presentation of salver gave satisfaction to Archer and friends.  Suggestions re   
               use of surplus £100. 3pp. (1 sheet) MS. 11 March 1881.                 
3/19           AUSTIN, 29 Bligh Street ? to Archer.  Acknowledging receipt of Archer's note      
               and cheque 1p. MS.   7 Oct. 1890.                                                 
3/20           AUSTIN to Archer.   Re balance of Newman fund. 3pp. (1 sheet) MS.  13 Oct.        
               1890.   Enclosure: List of donors and amounts collected for Father                
               Tenison-Woods' Memorial Fund                                                      
3/21           Sheet containing two amendments re extra money in Cardinal Newman Testimonial     
               Fund.  1p. MS.   Undated.

Group 4: WH Archer's letters to his Family

4/1            Letters to his brother Alfred                                                     
4/1/1          Catholic, Law and General Life Assurance Company, 8 New Coventry Street,          
               Leicester Square, London.   Alfred's voyage to Australia. News of home. Details   
               of Archer's meeting with Spanish Chief, Cabrera. 4pp (1 sheet)  MS.  16 May       
               1850.                                                                             
4/1/2          2 Russell Place, Larkhall Rise, Clapham.  Details of Mr Alvarez' departure and    
               Archer's trip to Gosport to see him.  The Freeman's Journal Visit to Isle of      
               Wight. Family news.  Insurance 16pp. (4 sheets) MS 31 Aug. Sept. 1850.            
4/1/3          London.   Family delighted to receive Alfred's letter. Details of his own         
               activities.  Praises Alfred for his prudence.  Possibility of Archer's coming     
               to Australia. 3pp. (1 sheet) MS.   16, 17 Jan. 1851.                              
4/1/4          8 New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London.   Sends money.  Alfred's         
               affairs.  Archer may have to follow Alfred to Australia. 2pp. (1 sheet) MS   30   
               April 1851.                                                                       
4/1/5          Address as above.   Acknowledges letter from Alfred. Business going badly.        
               Opening of Great Exhibition. Day to day account of his own affairs   4pp. (1      
               sheet) MS.   28 May 1851.                                                         
4/1/6          London.   "No-popery John's" doings.  Archer has lost his fixed salary and he     
               and his parents intend to start for Port Phillip   4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  16 April   
               1852.                                                                             
4/2            Letters to Mary Pitt Nind (later Archer's wife)                                  
4/2/1          On board the Diadem, off Trinidad.   Description of the voyage. 4pp. (1 sheet)    
               MS  1852.                                                                         
4/2/2          Melbourne.   Life in Australia. Alfred's Prospects of Employment. 6pp. (2         
               sheets)  MS.   2 Jan. 1853.                                                       
4/3            Letters to Grace Gavan Duffy (Archer's daughter)                                
4/3/1          "Cardiff", 41 Weinberg Road, Lower Hawthorn.   Gossip re mutual friends. Boer     
               War. 4pp (1 sheet) MS.   4,5,6 March 1900.                                        
4/3/2          Address as above.   News of Fitzgerald's son Perey in the Transvaal. (Queen       
               going to Ireland.  Grace's medical account paid. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.   12 March    
               1900.                                                                             
4/3/3          Address as above.   News of friends.  Grace's affairs. 3pp. (1 sheet) MS.  27     
               March 1900.                                                                       
4/3/4          Address as above.  News of friends. Health. 2pp. (1 sheet)  MS.  2 April 1900.    
4/3/5          No address.  Has honoured all his obligations. News of friends.  Boer War.        
               2pp. (1 sheet) MS  8 April 1900.                                                  
4/3/6          "Cardiff", 4 Weinberg Road Hawthorn.  Mat. O'Shanassy's funeral. Gossip.  4pp.    
               (1 sheet) MS.   7,8 May 1900.                                                     
4/3/7          Address as above.  Weather. Wrecks at Portsea and Cape Liptrap. Recollections     
               of near wreck at Cape Liptrap on voyage out from England.  Day to day affairs.    
               News of friends. Mat. O'Shannasy's will.  6pp. (2 sheets) MS. 11, 14, 15 May      
               1900.                                                                             
4/3/8          Postcard, 21 Hornby Street, Windsor, Melbourne.   Nannie,  Grace's children.      
               MS.   Postmarked 20 April 1904.                                                   
4/4            Miscellaneous                                                                     
4/4/1          Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight, to his Father. States intention to start for       
               London. 1pp. MS.  First two lines of letter only.  13 May 1847.                   
4/4/2          Registrar General's Office, Melbourne, to his Aunt.  Appointment as Assistant     
               Registrar General. Melbourne weather, prices of food, rents, doctor's fees.       
               4pp. (1 sheet) MS. extract.  28 May 1854.                                         
4/4/3          "Cardiff", Weinberg Road, Hawthorn, to Philip Gavan Duffy.  Phil's reunion with   
               Grace and children,. 2pp. (1 sheet) MS  2 April 1900.                             
4/4/4          Postcard, no address, to Willy Gavan Duffy (his grandson).  Plans for when        
               Willy comes visiting. MS.  11 July 1906.

Group 5: Mrs WH Archer's Correspondence

5/1            Letters from Mrs Dora Williams (Mrs Archer's sister)                              
5/1/1          Morville Hall, Shropshire.  News of family and friends. 4pp. all crossed (1       
               sheet) MS.  18 Oct. 1860.                                                         
5/1/2          Canterbury.  Family news and general gossip.   6pp. (2 sheets) MS.  24 June       
               1860.                                                                             
5/1/3          Morville Hall, Shropshire.  Grandma's death. Gossip8pp.  (2 sheets) MS 5          
               February Sunday, ?                                                                
5/1/4          No address. News of family and friends.  2pp. (1 sheet) MS, Friday 10 February ?  
5/1/5          Morville Hall, Shropshire.   Re loss of Mrs Archer's child. Family news.   8pp.   
               4 crossed (2 sheets) MS   17 Dec. ?                                               
5/1/6          No address.   Gossip, family news. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS. extract.   Undated.         
5/1/7          No address.   News of family and friends.   4pp. (1 sheet) MS. extract.           
               Undated                                                                           
5/1/8          No address.  Death of 17 year-old girl. Possibility of War with France.           
               Gossip. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS. extract.   Undated.                                    
5/2            Other Inward Correspondence                                                       
5/2/1          From Ed. Williams, no address.   Dora's baby. Health, occupations. 8pp. (9        
               sheets) MS.   Ash Wednesday, 1854.                                                
5/2/2          From Ed. Williams, Buckland.   Health. Useful baby book. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  l    
               May 1854.                                                                         
5/2/3          From (Miss) MW Nind, 30 Leicester Square.  News of family and friends. 4pp. (1    
               sheet) MS.   30 Sept. ?1854.                                                      
5/2/4          From MD Granville, London.  Sending a souvenir blessed by the Pope. Best wishes   
               for safe voyage to Australia and happy marriage. 2pp. (1 sheet) MS   30 June      
               1855.                                                                             
5/2/5          From John Griffith, Lymington.  Thanks 'Polly' for the seeds. New chapel to be    
               built in Lymington by Joseph Wild.  4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  24 June 1857.             
5/2/6          From GM White, Morville Hall, Shropshire.  Dora, anxious about Joseph. 4pp. all   
               crossed (1 sheet) MS.  18 Oct. 1860.                                              
5/2/7          From Philip NIND, 311 Leicester Square.  Sympathy on death of  Archer 's child.   
               Has not been able to see Neison to execute Archer's commission. Business poor.    
               News of family. 6pp. (2 sheets) MS.  26 Dec. 1860.                                
5/2/8          From Philip NIND, 311 Leicester Square.  Wonders if any chance of Archer 's       
               coming to Exhibition of 1862. News of family and friends. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS  18   
               March 1861.                                                                       
5/2/9          As above.  Disappointed life. Family news. 4pp.  (1 sheet) MS.   26 June 1865.    
5/2/10         As above.  Health.  Family news. Business affairs. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.   26 June   
               1865.                                                                             
5/2/11         From Mrs Archer 's Aunt, Gt Yarmouth.  Recollections of Mary as a child.  Ben's   
               accident. Congratulates Archer on his distinction. 8pp. (2 sheets) MS.  27 July   
               1871.                                                                             
5/2/12         From M. de Hamal, for Madame Ristori, no address.  Apologies for not visiting     
               Mrs  Archer before leaving.  2pp. (1 sheet) MS. French,  Postmarked Oct. 187l     
5/2/13         From Major GB Crispin (Mrs  Archer 's, cousin), Bombay.  Dora and Charles'        
               death. 3pp. (1 sheet) MS.  29 March 1877.                                         
5/2/14         From Anne Matthews, 15 Bennett Street, Bath.   Sickness. Family. Coming           
               elections and Parnell 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.   25 Nov. ?1877.                         
5/2/15         From Anne Matthews, "Swinscoe" Edgbaston, W. Birmingham.  Re Agnes' affairs on    
               her husband's death.   6pp. (2 sheets) MS.   21 Feb 1881.                         
5/2/16         From L. de Goyzrletat Melbourne.  Grace's illness. Thanking Mrs Archer and        
               Grace for their kindness.  2pp. (1 sheet) MS.   30 Dec. 1884.                     
5/2/17         From Anne Matthews, 11 Adford Row, Bath).  Unable to visit Mrs Archer. Family     
               news.  Politics - Chamberlain 'the coming man' 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  9 Jan. 1889.   
5/2/18         From JH O'Keefe, Saint Paul Street, Coogee Bay, near Sydney.  Preparations for    
               trip to India.  Gossip.  12pp. (3 sheets) MS.  10 March 1889.                     
5/2/19         From Edmund Trevelyan, c/- GPO Thanks Mrs; Archer for her kindness.  1p.. MS.     
               11 April 1889.                                                                    
5/2/20         From Agnes Nind, no address. Illness. Gossip.  8pp. (2 sheets) MS.  4 Nov. 1889.  
5/2/21         From Anne Matthews, 11 Adford Row, Bath.    Grace's ill health. Mr William's      
               work. General qossip.  7pp. (2 sheets) MS.  6 Jan. 1890.                          
5/2/22         From Agnes Nind, no address.  Nephew Harry in Perth. Gossip. Sorry to hear that   
               Archer has taken the Socialist craze.  4pp. (1 sheet) MS, 8 Jan. 1891.            
5/2/23         From Miss Susan Gavan Duffy, "Villa Marguerite", (Nice).  On Grace's engagement   
               to Philip Gavan Duffy. 3pp. (1 sheet) MS.   13 April 1892.                        
5/9/24         From (Mrs) AM Cheetham, Buxton.  Grace's engagement. Health  6pp. (2 sheets)      
               MS.  20 Sept. 1892.                                                               
5/2/25         Postcard, from Agie Crook, Hawthorn.  Boarding out meeting of Visiting            
               Committee. MS.   Postmarked 2 Oct. 1894.                                          
5/2/26         From JE Channell, Cottage Place, via The Oratory.  Mrs  Archer 's commission.     
               Mass at Oratory. News of her own and Archer's families. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  21    
               Sept. 1896.                                                                       
5/2/27         From (Mrs) AM Cheetham, 17 Thornton Hill, Wimbledon.  Archer's suffering. News    
               of family and friends. 5pp (2 sheets) MS   10 Nov. 1896.                          
5/2/28         Postcard, from (Mrs) CA Griffith, Brisbane.  Mr Carr to call on Mr Griffith.      
               MS.  Postmarked 6 April 1908.                                                     
5/2/29         From Signor P. Baracci, no address.  Appointment of new Consul General.           
               Pleasant memories of Archer house. Future plans. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  Undated.     
5/2/30         From (Miss) N. Hughes (Grace's godmother), Beaumaris Hotel, Beaumaris.  Good      
               news about Dora. Dante society. 4pp. (1 sheet) MS  Undated.                       
5/2/31         From (Mrs) Agnes Nind, Victoria Square, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Re Dora's death.      
               4pp. (1 sheet) MS.  11 July ?                                                     
5/2/32         From (Mme) A. Follet, 1 Glenmore Terrace, Upland, Swansea,  Wales.  Death of      
               her husband. News of her children. 1pp. (1 sheet) MS.  14 Sept. ?                 
5/3            Outward correspondence                                                            
5/3/1          To Miss G. Archer, c/-  Mrs Jms Irwin, Police Station, E. Brighton.  Glad both    
               well. MS.  Postmarked 11 April 1876.                                              

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