Philip Gidley King letterbook, Norfolk Island
Philip Gidley King letterbook, Norfolk Island
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
12 February 1788- March 1799
Call Numbers
SAFE/C 187 (Safe 1/322)
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Physical Description
Contents
0.02 metres of textual material (1 volume, 378 pages) - 29.5 x 24.5 cm - manuscript
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Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 891, frames 1-200
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The letterbook contains 378 pages of copies of letters received and sent by Philip Gidley King. Correspondence includes instructions from Governor Arthur Phillip concerning the establishment of the colony on Norfolk Island, King’s account of arrival at Norfolk Island, his search for a suitable landing place, answers to queries concerning the settle...
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Full title
Philip Gidley King letterbook, Norfolk Island
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Notes
General note
The letterbook has been fully indexed in the Mitchell Library Manuscripts index card catalogue.
Contextual Information
Source
Source unknown as at 2008
Administrative / Biographical history
Philip Gidley King, 1758-1808, joined the British Navy in 1770 and after service on several ships was selected by Arthur Phillip as second lieutenant on the Sirius. Subsequently in 1788 and 1791 he went to Norfolk Island in charge of the settlement. In 1791 he married Anna Josepha Coombe and returned to England in ill health in 1796, but returned t...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/C 187 (Safe 1/322)
Record Identifier
1l4dXj21
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dXj21
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Reference code
825989
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