Collection 18: Letters from the Rev. Richard Johnson to Henry Fricker, 30 May 1787-10 Aug. 1797, wit...
Collection 18: Letters from the Rev. Richard Johnson to Henry Fricker, 30 May 1787-10 Aug. 1797, wit...
Collection 18: Letters from the Rev. Richard Johnson to Henry Fricker, 30 May 1787-10 Aug. 1797, with associated items, ca. 1888
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1787-1797
Call Numbers
Safe 1/121
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
0.04 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
Clippings
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2010/D01866/a1769.pdf
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
30 May 1787, 8 June 1787; Letter 1: Autograph letter signed by Johnson, written from the Golden Grove at sea and finished when the transport anchored off Santa Cruz, Teneriffe. Johnson describes the return to Ireland of the escort HMS Hyaena once the fleet cleared the Channel, religious observances on board the ship, the sighting and by-passing o...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Collection 18: Letters from the Rev. Richard Johnson to Henry Fricker, 30 May 1787-10 Aug. 1797, with associated items, ca. 1888
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Photocopy available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room at CY Safe 1/121 (Negative prints)
Microfilm copy available at CY 1397, frames 1-45
Transferred from Aj 1/5-10
Digital order no:Album ID : 823807
Contextual Information
Source
Letters 5 and 7 presented by Mrs Ida Lee Marriott in 1917.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Rev. Richard Johnson was appointed as the first chaplain to the colony of New South Wales in 1787, an appointment he held until 1800 when he returned with his family and Governor John Hunter on HMS Buffalo. Henry Fricker, Portsmouth, England, was one of a group of Portsmouth and Lymington friends of the Rev. Johnson, and acted as a channel fo...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Safe 1/121
Record Identifier
9WZMppZY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZMppZY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
456513
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