Jewboy gang - Archives office documents

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Here is a list of documents that can be found in the archives office that have some relevance to the 'Jewboy gang'.
I have transcribed these documents, but posting them here would need to be approved by the archives office - so I will give a bit of a summary of the contents of each document over the next few months or so (if anyone is interested).

State Records of New South Wales – Original Documents

1. Wollombi Letters 23/2/1840 - 3/5/1866 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5698 - Letter dated 22/12/1840 from David Dunlop to Acting Police Magistrate, Maitland.
2. Wollombi Letters 23/2/1840 - 3/5/1866 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5698 - Letter Dated 5/1/1841 from David Dunlop to Mr Cape, Sydney.
3. Wollombi Letters 23/2/1840 - 3/5/1866 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5698 - Letter dated 5/1/1841 from David Dunlop to Police Magistrate, Brisbane Water.
4. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 20/6/1841 given by John Davis to Gother Mann.
5. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 7/7/1841 given by Dennis Dwyer to Gother Mann.
6. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Memo dated 27/9/1841 from Henry Donnison.
7. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 16/7/1841 given by Edward Hely to Gother Mann.
8. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 18/10/1841 given by Dennis Dwyer to Alfred Holden.
9. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Copies of Letters Sent 1838-1846 in SRNSW Call No. 5/3167 on Reel No. 2663 - Letter dated 12/2/1841 from Alfred Holden to Principal Superintendent of Convicts.
10. Muswell Brook Bench Books – Letters 1838-43 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5601 on Reel No. 671 - Depositions dated 24/12/1840 given by John Pattison, William Jones, Edward D. Day and John Nolan to Francis Allman Jnr.
11. Muswell Brook Bench Books – Letters 1838-43 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5601 on Reel No. 671 - Depositions dated 18/1/1841 given by James Norrie, Richard South and John Richards to Francis Allman Jnr.
12. Singleton Bench Books – Letters 1837-41 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5659 on Reel No. 2738 - Letter dated 30/11/1840 from Percy Simpson to Police Magistrate, Muswell Brook.
13. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12093 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2504.5 - Letter dated 30/11/1840 and attached depositions from Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary.
14. Singleton Bench Books – Letters 1837-41 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5659 on Reel No. 2738 - Letter dated 1/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Thomas Dangar.
15. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12210 with 40/12739 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.9 – Letter dated 2/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary.
16. Singleton Bench Books – Letters 1837-41 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5659 on Reel No. 2738 - Letter dated 2/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Police Magistrate, Muswell Brook.
17. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12739 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.9 – Letter dated 18/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary.
18. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12159 with 40/12739 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.9 – Letter dated 3/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary.
19. Dungog Bench Books, Copies of Letters sent 1839/42, in SRNSW Call No. 4/5539 on Reel No. 2679 – Letter dated 30/11/1840 from Thomas Cook to Police Magistrate, Maitland.
20. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12502 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2505.7 – Letter dated 9/12/1840 from Thomas Cook to Colonial Secretary.
21. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12590 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2505.7 – Letter dated 14/12/1840 from Thomas Cook to Colonial Secretary.
22. Dungog Bench Books, Copies of Letters sent 1839/42, in SRNSW Call No. 4/5539 on Reel No. 2679 – Letter dated 19/12/1840 from Thomas Cook to Colonial Secretary.
23. Dungog Bench Books, Copies of Letters sent 1839/42, in SRNSW Call No. 4/5539 on Reel No. 2679 – Letter dated 19/12/1840 from Thomas Cook to Attorney General.
24. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/13033 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2505.7 – Memorial from citizens of Dungog to Governor.
25. Dungog Bench Books, Copies of Letters sent 1839/42, in SRNSW Call No. 4/5539 on Reel No. 2679 – Letter dated 4/1/1841 from Thomas Cook to Colonial Secretary.
26. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12813 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2505.7 – Letter dated 27/12/1840 from Thomas Cook to Colonial Secretary.
27. Dungog Bench Books, Copies of Letters sent 1839/42, in SRNSW Call No. 4/5539 on Reel No. 2679 – Letter dated 15/1/1841 from Thomas Cook to Principal Superintendent of Convicts.
28. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/10738 with 40/10919 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.6 – Letter dated 22/10/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
29. Colonial Secretary Letters Received (no CSLR No.) enclosed with 40/10738 and 40/10919 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.6 – Letter dated 29/10/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
30. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/11941 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2499.1 – Letter dated 20/11/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
31. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/36 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2522.5 – Letter dated 29/11/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
32. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12814 with 40/12682 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2499.1 – Letter dated 19/12/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
33. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/38 (Dixon Library) – Letter dated 29/12/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
34. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/37 (Dixon Library) – Letter dated 29/12/1840 from L Threlkeld to Colonial Secretary.
35. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/9467 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2516 – Letter dated 24/9/1840 from Sheriff’s Office to Colonial Secretary.
36. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/9261 with 40/9467 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2516 – Letter dated 17/9/1840 from Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office to Colonial Secretary.
37. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12590 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2505.7 – Letter dated 6/12/1840 from Vincent Dowling to Sir James Dowling.
38. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12098 with 40/12344 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2500.1 – Letter dated 30/11/1840 from James King to Colonial Secretary.
39. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/11392 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2508.2 – Letter dated 9/11/1840 from J.A. Robertson to Colonial Secretary.
40. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12675 with 40/12676 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2500.1 – Letter dated 17/12/1840 from A. Holden to Colonial Secretary.
41. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12674 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2494 – Letter dated 17/12/1840 from H. Donnison to Colonial Secretary.
42. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/616 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2542.4 – Letter dated 15/1/1841 from H. Donnison to Colonial Secretary.
43. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12676 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2500.1 – Letter dated 18/12/1840 from T. Chambre to Colonial Secretary.
44. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12498 with 41/1994 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2544.4 – Letter dated 8/12/1840 from E.D. Day to Colonial Secretary.
45. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12499 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.2 – Letter dated 8/12/1840 from E.D. Day to Colonial Secretary.
46. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/11665 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2494 on Reel 2219 – Letter dated 20/11/1840 from E.C. Close to Colonial Secretary.
47. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12209 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2508.3 – Letter dated 1/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary.
48. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/10919 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.6 – Letter dated 29/10/1840 from James Crummer to Colonial Secretary.
49. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12116 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.8 – Letter dated 30/11/1840 from Postmaster Raymond Terrace to Colonial Secretary.
50. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/13067 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2506.8 – Letter dated 29/12/1840 from Edward Johnstone to Colonial Secretary.
51. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12674 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2494 – Letter dated 23/11/1840 from Thomas Dangar to Colonial Secretary.
52. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12898 with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 21/12/1840 from J.A. Robertson to Colonial Secretary.
53. Colonial Secretary Letters Received enclosed with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 25/12/1840 from E. Deas Thomson to Sir George Gipps.
54. Colonial Secretary Letters Received enclosed with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 25/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary to Police Magistrate Scone.
55. Colonial Secretary Letters Received enclosed with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 25/12/1840 from E. Deas Thomson to Police Magistrates Hunter District.
56. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/105 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2543.8 – Letter dated 28/12/1840 from F. Allman Jnr. to Colonial Secretary.
57. Colonial Secretary Letters Received in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 25/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary to Police Magistrate Scone.
58. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12932 with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 23/12/1840 from J.A. Robertson to Colonial Secretary.
59. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/1070 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2544.5 – Letter dated 22/1/1841 from J.A. Robertson to Colonial Secretary.
60. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/13031 with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 26/12/1840 from E.D. Day to Colonial Secretary.
61. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/256 with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 7/1/1841 from Principal Superintendent of Convicts to Colonial Secretary.
62. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12928 with 41/259 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2544.4 – Letter dated 15/12/1840 from Michael John Davies to Colonial Secretary.
63. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/259 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2544.4 – Letter dated 6/1/1841 from James Crummer to Colonial Secretary.
64. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/6842 with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 23/7/1841 from E.D. Day to Colonial Secretary.
65. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/8271 with 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 9/9/1841 from E.D. Day to Colonial Secretary.
66. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 41/9794 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2526.1 – Letter dated 6/11/1841 from Commissariat of Accounts to Colonial Secretary.
67. Colonial Secretary Letters Received 40/12208 in SRNSW Call No. 4/2508.3 – Letter dated 1/12/1840 from Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary.
68. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/935 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3845 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 26/10/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Newcastle.
69. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/158 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3901 on Reel 1064 – Letter dated 22/9/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Sheriff.
70. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/47 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3901 on Reel 1064 – Letter dated 6/3/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Sheriff.
71. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1049 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 28/11/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Patrick’s Plains.
72. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1072 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 5/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Patrick’s Plains.
73. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1079 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 9/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Dungog.
74. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1097 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 12/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Singleton.
75. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1119 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 18/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Brisbane Water.
76. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1120 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 18/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Lieutenant Chambre.
77. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1133 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 19/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Maitland.
78. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1144 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 25/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Scone.
79. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1145 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 25/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Scone.
80. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1157 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 30/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Henry Donnison.
81. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/1 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 2/1/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to E.D. Day.
82. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/1175 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 31/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Dungog.
83. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/14 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 6/1/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Dungog.
84. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/15 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3846 on Reel 2813 – Letter dated 6/1/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Police Magistrate Patrick’s Plains.
85. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/11930 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3545 on Reel 2294 – Letter dated 10/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Thomas Dangar.
86. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/12728 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3545 on Reel 2294 – Letter dated 23/12/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to J. Warner.
87. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/12344 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3545 on Reel 2294 – Letter from Colonial Secretary’s Office to James King.
88. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/616 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3545 on Reel 2294 – Letter dated 16/1/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Henry Donnison.
89. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/259 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3545 on Reel 2294 – Letter dated 23/1/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to M.J. Davies.
90. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/9662 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3688 on Reel 1052 – Letter dated 12/10/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to Principal Superintendent of Convicts.
91. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 40/266 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3619 on Reel 2983 – Letter dated 26/10/1840 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to L. Threlkeld.
92. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/35 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3620 on Reel 2983 – Letter dated 9/2/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to L. Threlkeld.
93. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/43 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3620 on Reel 2983 – Letter dated 16/2/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to L. Threlkeld.
94. Colonial Secretary Letters Sent 41/70 in SRNSW Call No. 4/3620 on Reel 2983 – Letter dated 3/3/1841 from Colonial Secretary’s Office to L. Threlkeld.
95. SRNSW Call No. 9/6323 Supreme Court Depositions Muswellbrook 1841 – Marshall and Others v Regina.

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1. Wollombi Letters 23/2/1840 - 3/5/1866 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5698 - Letter dated 22/12/1840 from David Dunlop to Acting Police Magistrate, Maitland.

This is a letter where David Dunlop (Police Magistrate of Wollombi) reports to the Police Magistrate of Maitland that he believes the fact that the 'Jewboy' gang had fresh made white bread on the day they raided at Wollombi means that they had 'friends in a camp not far from Sugar Loaf Mountain' and suggested a joint raid on the area, which he offered to lead, involving the police of Maitland and Wollombi.

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2. Wollombi Letters 23/2/1840 - 3/5/1866 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5698 - Letter Dated 5/1/1841 from David Dunlop to Mr Cape, Sydney.

In this letter David Dunlop (Police Magistrate of Wollombi) reports to William Timothy Cape that three horses stolen from Cape's property at Wyong and left by the 'Jewboy' gang in Wollombi have been returned to Mr Solling (manager of Cape's property). He also reports to Cape that property he reported as stolen was not recovered.

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3. Wollombi Letters 23/2/1840 - 3/5/1866 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5698 - Letter dated 5/1/1841 from David Dunlop to Police Magistrate, Brisbane Water.

This is a letter from David Dunlop to Alfred Holden (Police Magistrate of Brisbane Water - Gosford) in which he reports that horses have been returned to Mr Solling of Wyong, and he also reports that the Jewboy gang had left a silk handkerchief with Holden's name on it (stolen when the gang robbed Holden's property at Dora Creek?).

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4. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 20/6/1841 given by John Davis to Gother Mann.


This is a deposition by a man named John Davis who described himself as a 'servant of all work' working for a man named Henry Denny at Ried's Mistake (Swansea). Davis describes property stolen from Boyce (a sack full of 'plate') and Hely (a plaid cloak) which ended up in the possesion of Denny.

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5. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 7/7/1841 given by Dennis Dwyer to Gother Mann.


This is a deposition given by Dennis Dwyer, the Chief Constable of the Brisbane Water district, in which he describes being led to the remains of the camp used by the 'Jewboy' gang by John Davis and James Freeman (a small settler who had the gang stay overnight in his hut - but was not robbed). Dwyer described the camp as being 'half a mile or a mile from Denny's' hut.

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6. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Memo dated 27/9/1841 from Henry Donnison.

This is a memo written by one of the Magistrates based in Gosford about the evidence needed to prove a case of harbouring the bushrangers (jewboy gang) against Henry Denny of Reid's Mistake (Swansea).

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7. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 16/7/1841 given by Edward Hely to Gother Mann.

This deposition is by a man who was robbed twice by the gang. He describes them as 'Marshall's gang' (Marshall was the other leading member of the gang after Davis) and describes a coat stolen by the gang as 'a McKintosh coat with a plaid lining'. In an earlier deposition the coat was described by John Davis (an informer) as 'a plaid cloak'.

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8. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Depositions 1835-1842 in SRNSW Call No. 4/5524 on Reel No. 664 - Deposition dated 18/10/1841 given by Dennis Dwyer to Alfred Holden.

A description of the 'Jewboy' gangs camp near present day Swansea.

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9. Brisbane Water Bench Books, Copies of Letters Sent 1838-1846 in SRNSW Call No. 5/3167 on Reel No. 2663 - Letter dated 12/2/1841 from Alfred Holden to Principal Superintendent of Convicts.

A copy of a letter sent from Alfred Holden, the Police Magistrate of Brisbane Water (Gosford), to recommend three convicts for pardons for actions they took when the 'Jewboy' gang was raiding his district. He recommended Robert Northwood for a pardon for his actions when the gang robbed two properties at Wyong, Patrick Hennesey for his actions when the gang robbed Newport (Dora Creek), and Patrick Brady for giving information against the gang during their time around Lake Macquarie.