Collection 17: Fowell Family Collection - Letters received from Newton Fowell, 1786-1790. Includes l...
Collection 17: Fowell Family Collection - Letters received from Newton Fowell, 1786-1790. Includes letters written by various other people.
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1786-1790
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Physical Description
Contents
0.35 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Arrangement
This collection comprises 21 letters, described separately. You may navigate to these letters from this record.¶Chronological
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Copying Conditions
Restricted
Issue Copy
Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ITEM 01:
Note in the hand of John Fowell recording death of Newton Fowell, 1790
SAFE/SAFE/MLMSS 4895/1/1
ITEM 02
Letter received by John Fowell from Newton Fowell, 26 November 1786
SAFE/MLMSS 4895/1/2
ITEM 03
Copy of a letter received by Mary Fowell (Mrs John Fowell) from Evan Nepean, December 1786 (?)
SAFE/MLMSS...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Collection 17: Fowell Family Collection - Letters received from Newton Fowell, 1786-1790. Includes letters written by various other people.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Microfilm copy available at CY 1206 (copied onto preservation microfilm in February 1988)
Copies of two further letters, dated 10 May and 17 April 1787, are held on ML microfilm reel (Australian Joint Copying Project) M 2117. The original letters are at Portsmouth City Records Office - 694A: 14/1, 12/4.
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired at auction through Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1987
Administrative / Biographical history
Born Newton Digby Fowell (1768-1790) in Devonshire, England, Fowell joined the First Fleet as a Midshipman on 25 February 1787. He had been recommended to Captain Arthur Phillip by Evan Nepean and he quickly impressed Phillip. He was befriended by Philip Gidley King who, during the voyage to New South Wales, confided his appointment as Lieutenant G...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
nGmRyvMY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGmRyvMY
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Reference code
411942
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