Collection consists of photocopies of three letters and two pamphlets bound into four volumes. The family papers remain in the possession of the family and include diaries and work notebooks of John Waldie, jun. c.1854-1896; agreements over timber and land, accounts and receipts 1856-1892, letter from W.C.Blyth 1869, letter to his mother 184S, letters from John Waldie senior 1822, 1832, 1833 and letters to Delia Waldie from Mary Quinn 1883.
Address c.1857 from members of the Church of England resident in Kingston to Francis Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania, concerning their pastor, Rev. E. Freeman. Call upon Your Lordship to exercise the authority vested in you as Bishop of the Diocese, to remove the Rev. E. Freeman from this parish, and to nominate as his successor some discreet and faithful minister of God's Word, whose friendly counsels may advise them in the time of health and prosperity, and whose prayers and affectionate sympathies may console, comfort, and support them in the hour of adversity, sorrow, anguish, and of death. Signed by Robert Williams and 21 others.
Letters from Mary Quinn to Mrs [Delia] Waldie dated 4 February 1883, and 7 July 188? Written from Gawler - her new appointment at North Motton Public School (near Ulverstone, Tas.), railway to Formby opened.
Letter from William C. Blyth, of Plenty, to J. Waldie dated 5 September 1869. Hops likely to be a remunerative speculation as they had failed in England, but there was no blight in the Huon which was likely to be the future hop garden of Tasmania and he urged J . Waldie and Frank Tappes to try. His father had sent a load of hop sets to Victoria. Blyth had received the apple trees from Frank Tappes. His school was giving him a comfortable living - he had all the children of the neighbourhood except some of the very lowest and dirtiest he had got rid of and the Read children who had a governess.
Address c.1857 from members of the Church of England resident in Kingston to Francis Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania, concerning their pastor, Rev. E. Freeman. Call upon Your Lordship to exercise the authority vested in you as Bishop of the Diocese, to remove the Rev. E. Freeman from this parish, and to nominate as his successor some discreet and faithful minister of God's Word, whose friendly counsels may advise them in the time of health and prosperity, and whose prayers and affectionate sympathies may console, comfort, and support them in the hour of adversity, sorrow, anguish, and of death. Signed by Robert Williams and 21 others.