Contains copies of corresrondence and articles; Col. Bird's case taken from the Dublin Review of August 1841 by C. Anstey in an article headed "Southern Africa in 1841"; letter 1825 April from Bird to F. Blount, Secretary to the Catholic Committee, re the persecution Bird suffered because he was a Catholic; reply by Bird 1824 June 27 to Commissioners of Enquiry re complaints by Wm. Parker, 1820 settler, Correspondents include Petri Bathurst, C. C. Bird, Sir R. Donkin, C, H. Somerset.