C 22-C 39: Sir Thomas Mitchell diaries, memoranda and miscellaneous notes on science, 1814-1829

series

1814-1829

1114854

18 volumes

The diaries principally relate to Mitchell's surveys of Peninsular War battlefields and, from September 1819, finishing the plans at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst; his persistent efforts to seek promotion; and, from 1827, his appointment to Deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales.

C 22 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary 1, 29 July 1814-9 September 1815

C 23 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary 2, 10 September 1815-5 April 1817

C 24 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary 3, 6 April 1817-31 December 1817

C 25 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary IV, 1818

C 26 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary V, 1 January 1819-20 August 1819

C 27 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary VI, 23 August 1819-5 February 1821

C 28 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary VII, 1821

C 29 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary VIII, 1 January 1822-20 January 1823

C 30 : Sir Thomas Mitchell journal, December 1822-January 1823

C 31 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary, 1823

C 32 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary, 1824

C 33 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary, 1825

C 34 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary, 1826

C 35 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary/notebook, 1826

C 36 : Sir Thomas Mitchell diary, 1827, with additions to 1833

C 37 : Sir Thomas Mitchell memoranda, 1826-1827

C 38 : Sir Thomas Mitchell memoranda, 1827-1829

C 39 : Sir Thomas Mitchell miscellaneous notes on science, 1827

The diaries are referenced extensively in Foster, William C. Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his world, 1792-1855 : surveyor general of New South Wales, 1828-1855 (Sydney : Institution of Surveyors N.S.W., 1985), Chapters 4 and 5.