Letter from Peter Heywood to Capt. Jeffrey Raigersfeld, 24 Nov. 1808, and letter to Charles Rumker,...
Letter from Peter Heywood to Capt. Jeffrey Raigersfeld, 24 Nov. 1808, and letter to Charles Rumker,...
Letter from Peter Heywood to Capt. Jeffrey Raigersfeld, 24 Nov. 1808, and letter to Charles Rumker, 16 Sept. 1826
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Date
24 Nov. 1808; 16 Sept. 1826
Call Numbers
Ah 54
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 2809, frames 381-389 (Ah 54)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D15795/a775.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
24 Nov. 1808; Holograph letter to Capt. Jeff Raigersfeld written from HMS Donegal, Torbay, where Heywood was serving with the Channel Fleet under Lord Gambier. He writes of mutual acquaintenances who served in the 'Vestal', mentions his sketching and refers to his sister Nessy's 'little Book' about his part in the mutiny on the Bounty. (Call No....
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Full title
Letter from Peter Heywood to Capt. Jeffrey Raigersfeld, 24 Nov. 1808, and letter to Charles Rumker, 16 Sept. 1826
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Notes
General note
Further letters by and about Peter Heywood are included in Mary Heywood's letterbook held at MLMSS 5719 (filed at Safe 1/127 and microfilmed on reel CY 2809, frames 1-380).
Digital order no: Album ID : 824167
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Maggs Bros., London
Administrative / Biographical history
Peter Heywood, a midshipman on HMS Bounty, stood trial at Spithead in Sept. 1792 for his part in the Bounty mutiny. Heywood's well connected family lobbied intensely for his release, particularly his sister Nessy and uncles J.M. Heywood and Commodore Thomas Pasley. Heywood rose to the rank of captain before his retirement in 1816.
Jeffrey Raige...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Ah 54
Record Identifier
1l4dJNJ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dJNJ1
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Reference code
441768
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