John Fryer - Narrative of the mutiny on HMS Bounty and the voyage in the Bounty launch, letter and d...
John Fryer - Narrative of the mutiny on HMS Bounty and the voyage in the Bounty launch, letter and d...
John Fryer - Narrative of the mutiny on HMS Bounty and the voyage in the Bounty launch, letter and documents, 1789-1804; with associated biographical information compiled in 1932
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1789-1804, 1932
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Safe 1/38
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript, typescript
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Microfilm : Safe 1/38)
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Contents
undated, July, 16-18 Sept. 1789; Original manuscript in Fryer's hand, headed 'Narrative, &c', which describes the events of April to June 1789 : the mutiny on the Bounty and the voyage of the Bounty's launch to Timor (48 pages). The Narrative is undated, and was probably written in England in late 1790 or early 1791 because it refers to William...
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John Fryer - Narrative of the mutiny on HMS Bounty and the voyage in the Bounty launch, letter and documents, 1789-1804; with associated biographical information compiled in 1932
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General note
Further information concerning the purchase of the documents can be found at Af 69.
A printed transcription of the Narrative can be found in 'The voyage of the Bounty's launch as related in William Bligh's despatch to the Admiralty and the journal of John Fryer' / with an introd. by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, 1934,...
Object History
It was formerly the property of Owen Potter who purchased it from Mary Gamble, John Fryer's great granddaughter.
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Sotheby's, London, sale, 25 July 1932 (item 235).
Administrative / Biographical history
John Fryer (1752-1817) was master on HMS Bounty. After the mutiny he sailed to Timor with William Bligh in the Bounty's launch. He later became master and then commander of several ships, went on half pay in 1812 because of ill health, and died in 1817.
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Safe 1/38
Record Identifier
Yezdqj29
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yezdqj29
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456623
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