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MATKIN PAPERS

Box 1, Folder 1

Letter from Joseph Matkin, Spring Creek gold diggings, Australia, to Sarah Matkin 1868 April 23

General note

Photocopy.
Box 1, Folder 2

List of Officers on H.M.S. Invincible, Hull ca. 1871

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1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 3

Letter from Joseph Matkin, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1871 March 21

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1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 4

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Invincible, Chatham to Sarah Matkin 1871 June 21

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1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 5

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Invincible, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1871 July 11

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1 leaf and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 6

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Invincible, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1871 November 11

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1 leaf and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 7

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Devonport, to Sarah Matkin 1871 November 26

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1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 8

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1871 December 17

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1 leaf and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 9

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1871 December 22

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1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 10

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1872 January 27

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1 leaf and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 11

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1872 March 5

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2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 12

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Hull, to Sarah Matkin 1872 May 30

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2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 13

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Audacious, Spithead, to Sarah Matkin 1872 August 6

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2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 14

Envelope addressed by Joseph Matkin, Sheerness, to Sarah Matkin 1872 September 25

Box 1, Folder 15

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Lisbon Roads, to Sarah Matkin 1873 January 8

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2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 16

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Madeira, to Sarah Matkin 1873 February 2

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4 leaves, plus printed "A Song for the Challenger's Crew."
Box 1, Folder 17

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, at sea (St. Thomas) to Sarah Matkin 1873 March 3

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3 leaves
Box 1, Folder 18

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, at sea (Bermuda) to Charles Matkin (brother) 1873 May 26

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2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 19

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, mid-Atlantic (Madeira), to Sarah Matkin 1873 June 19

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3 leaves
Box 1, Folder 20

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Fuuchal Roads, to Sarah Matkin 1873 July 16

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1 leaf
Box 1, Folder 21

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, St. Vincent 1873 August 4

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Fragment. 1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 22

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Tristan de Cunha 1873 October

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Fragment. 2 leaves.
Box 1, Folder 23

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Simon's Bay, to Charles Matkin (brother) 1873 November 5

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3 leaves
Box 1, Folder 24

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Table Bay, to Sarah Matkin 1873 December 10

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4 leaves
Box 1, Folder 25

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Simon's Bay, to Charles Matkin (brother) 1873 December 15

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1 leaf
Box 1, Folder 26

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Prince Edward's Island, to Sarah Matkin 1873 December 25

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4 leaves
Box 1, Folder 27

Letter from Aunt Lizzie, Swadlincote, England, to Joseph Matkin 1874 February 3

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Photocopy, with transcription.
Box 1, Folder 28

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Melbourne, to Sarah Matkin 1874 March 23

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1 leaf
Box 1, Folder 29

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Sydney, to Sarah Matkin 1874 May 7

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2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 30

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Sydney, to Charles Matkin (brother) 1874 May 15

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2 leaves, 1 envelope
Box 1, Folder 31

Letter from Charles Matkin (father), Oakham, to Joseph Matkin 1874 May 29

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1 leaf, with transcription.
Box 1, Folder 32

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Longatabu, Friendly Islands, to William Matkin (brother) 1874 July 23

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3 leaves.
Box 1, Folder 33

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Hong Kong, to Fred Matkin (brother) 1874 December 31

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3 leaves.
Box 1, Folder 34

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, New Guinea, to Sarah Matkin 1875 February 24

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3 leaves
Box 1, Folder 35

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Gulf of Yedo, to Sarah Matkin 1875 April 12

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1 leaf
Box 1, Folder 36

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Gulf of Yokohama, to Sarah Matkin 1875 May 7

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1 leaf
Box 1, Folder 37

Letter from Sarah Matkin, Swadlincote, England, to Joseph Matkin 1875 June 17

General note

Photocopy, with transcription.
Box 1, Folder 38

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, North Pacific (Honolulu), to Sarah Matkin 1875 July 13

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3 leaves
Box 1, Folder 39

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Hilo, to Sarah Matkin 1875 August 19

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4 leaves
Box 1, Folder 40

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, Juan Fernandez 1875 November 15

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Fragment. 1 leaf.
Box 1, Folder 41

Letter from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger, South Atlantic (St. Vincent), to Fred Matkin (brother) 1876 March 16

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6 leaves
Box 1, Folder 42

Letter from Ellen Creaton, Oakham, to Joseph Matkin 1876 July 11

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1 leaf and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 43

Valentine from Joseph Matkin to Pollie [i.e. Mary] Swift 1877 February 13

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1 card and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 44

Letter from Joseph Matkin to Mary Swift 1878 March 12

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3 leaves and envelope.
Box 1, Folder 45-46

Matkin family photographs

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Copy negatives and photographs made in 1984 from originals held by Mary Matkin Stone.
Box 1, Folder 47

Photographs of selected Matkin letters 1984

Box 1, Folder 48

Matkin's mother of pearl cuff links

Box 1, Folder 49

Letters from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger Voyage (1872-1876) - Typescript of the Letterbook of John Thomas Swann

Box 1, Folder 50-51

Letters from Joseph Matkin, H.M.S. Challenger Voyage (1872-1876) - Typescript of the Letter book of John Thomas Swann, by Mary Stone

Box 2, Folder 1

Letterbook of John Thomas Swann 1872-1876

General note

Joseph Matkin wrote 36 letters to his cousin, John Thomas Swann of Barrowden (greeted as "Tom" in the letters, and referred to as "J.T.S" in letters to others). Swann copied the letters he received into a 846-page letterbook. This version is a bound photocopy of Swann's book; the original remains in family custody.
Box 2, Folder 2-3

Microfilm - Letterbook of John Thomas Swann

Box 2, Folder 4

Microfilm - Joseph Matkin letters

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Filmed copies of 23 letters from the collection.