NRS-778 | Letters received from the occupants of Paterson's Plains

Letters from small settlers at Paterson's Plains to the Clergy and School Lands Corporation asking to be allowed to rent or purchase lands that they were already occupying, or begging that compensation be afforded them for the value of improvements to lands which they were prepared to relinquish. These lands were, it appears, originally granted to settlers by Governor Macquarie (in small lots of 25 to 100 acres), but the grants were not properly validated. The lands were subsequently granted to the Corporation as part of the Clergy and Schools Estate. (9/2714). 1 vol. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.