Series 9: King family correspondence, letters, bills of exchange and further papers, etc., volume 9,...
Series 9: King family correspondence, letters, bills of exchange and further papers, etc., volume 9, 1805-1850
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Date
1805-1850
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SAFE/A 1980/3 (Safe 1/320)
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0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 41.0 x 30.0 cm - manuscript
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Microfilm : CY 906, frames 315-671
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This volume contains mainly letters received and copies of letters sent by Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), and letters received by his son, Phillip Parker King (1791-1856). Correspondents include Anna King, Rev. Samuel Marsden, George Johnston, Arthur Phillip, J.C. Bidwill, and Viscount Castlereagh.
1. Correspondence from P.G. King with ma...
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Series 9: King family correspondence, letters, bills of exchange and further papers, etc., volume 9, 1805-1850
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Notes
General note
Selected correspondence and documents in this collection are indexed in the Mitchell Library Manuscripts index card catalogue.
This collection of papers was used by F.M. Bladen, the editor of N.S.W. Historical Records in compiling that work. Many of the documents would appear to have come from papers in the N.S.W. Colonial Secretary’s Depart...
Published information
Historical Records of New South Wales. Sydney : Government Printer, 1892-1901 (Sydney : Charles Potter, Government Printer).
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
John Carne Bidwill 1815-1853, was a botanist and friend to Phillip Parker King. In February 1841 with a plant collection and a letter from King to Sir william Hooker at Kew Gardens, he sailed for England. He returned to Sydney in 1844, but was denied a position as director and government botanist. Bidwill in a letter to King showed no resentment....
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Call Numbers
SAFE/A 1980/3 (Safe 1/320)
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1Drmyz09
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826024
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