King family collection of correspondence, personal letters, newspaper cuttings, land sale documents...
King family collection of correspondence, personal letters, newspaper cuttings, land sale documents and plans, etc., 1756-1917
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Date
1756-1917
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Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into nine series.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection of papers from the King family covers the three generations from Governor Philip Gidley King, 1758-1808, to his son, Phillip Parker King, 1791-1856, and to the Governor’s grandson, Philip Gidley King, 1817-1904. Documents range from official correspondence concerning the administration of the colony to personal letters between famil...
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Full title
King family collection of correspondence, personal letters, newspaper cuttings, land sale documents and plans, etc., 1756-1917
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Parts of 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 N.S.W. Colonial Secretary’s Department.
Published information
Historical Records of New South Wales. Sydney : Government Printer, 1892-1901 (Sydney : Charles Potter, Government Printer).
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from the King Estate, Nov. 1933
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
Record Identifier
92eVl4PY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVl4PY
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Reference code
826051
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