Letters to Capt. C.H. Bagot

Four letters written by Captain G.V. Butler, Guichen Bay, to Captain. C.H. Bagot. They include references to power of magistrates to order whippings, other legal matters and domestic affairs, including purchase of cattle, building his house and mention of his wife Charlotte and children.

Captain Gerald Villiers Butler of the 96th Regiment arrived on the 'Eudora' from Tasmania in 1841 with his wife Charlotte and four children. He was appointed the first Government Resident at Robe in September 1846 at

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