| Notes: | The Francis Hare Correspondence held in the University of Melbourne Archives consists of 54 letters and documents from 1859-87 received by or relating to Superintendent Francis Hare, one of the members of the Victoria police force involved in the pursuit and capture of the Kelly Gang. The collection complements Hare's published memoir, The Last of the Bushrangers (London, 1892) and includes letters by some of the key figures of the Kelly story including the Police Commissioner Frederick Standish, Superintendents Charles Hope Nicolson and John Sadleir, Detective M Ward and John Sherritt, as well as items by Hare himself.
AMDigital Reference: 1979.0078.
Reproduction of: C.H. Nicolson to Francis Hare 10 May 1880.
University of Melbourne Archives
Description based on online resource (viewed on April 12, 2017).
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