James Scott - Journal titled `Remarks on a passage Botnay [i.e. Botany] bay 1787', 13 May 1787 - 20...
James Scott - Journal titled `Remarks on a passage Botnay [i.e. Botany] bay 1787', 13 May 1787 - 20 May 1792
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Date
13 May 1787 - 20 May 1792
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 44
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material - with manuscript notes by Sir William Dixson ; 33 cm. Bound with others in red half leather vol. Binder's title: Convict's Diary Diary of a Sergeant - Typescript
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Fonds
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3614
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This journal was published in 1963, in transcription, by the Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales (see copy of the publication at DL Q96/13: microfilm copy available at CY 3614, frames 55-115). This copy is a typescript of published version.
Also contains:
Autograph Letter Signed dated Head Quarters Sidney Town New South Wale...
Alternative Titles
Full title
James Scott - Journal titled `Remarks on a passage Botnay [i.e. Botany] bay 1787', 13 May 1787 - 20 May 1792
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Notes
General note
Manuscript original at DLMSQ 43 (Safe) also digitised
Transferred from DLSPENCER 377
Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
James Scott, Sergeant of Marines, travelled to New South Wales on board the Prince of Wales. He was accompanied by his wife Jane who gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, during the voyage. A son, William Boxell, was born in Sydney. He was baptised on 1 July 1790.
Scott and his family left New South Wales on the Portsmouth, and arrived in England...
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Call Numbers
DLMSQ 44
Record Identifier
1l4dWRV1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dWRV1
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Reference code
944395
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