Bligh Family Collection
Bligh Family Collection
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Date
1611-approximately 1891
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This collection contains manuscript, pictorial, realia and cartographic material. You may navigate to a more detailed description of this material from this collection record.
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Out of copyright
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Contents
CONTENTS:
SERIES 1
William Bligh, papers
SERIES 2
Elizabeth Bligh, wife of Vice-Admiral William, nee Betham, papers
SERIES 3
Richard Bligh, K.C., letters received
SERIES 4
Elizabeth Bligh, wife of Richard Bligh K.C., nee Bligh, papers
SERIES 5
Mary, Lady O'Connell, wife of Sir Maurice, formerly Mrs...
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Full title
Bligh Family Collection
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Notes
General note
Most items were microfilmed in 1973. After microfilming, certain items were re-numbered, this numbering is used in the Guide to Papers of William Bligh and the Bligh Family. Where there are discrepancies, this is noted in the record.
Object History
The papers, pictures, relics, charts and books of Vice-Admiral William Bligh and his family described in this Guide comprise all those original items which can be considered to have remained in their personal possession. Letters sent by the Bligh family have not been included except where copies were kept by the writer for his or her own personal r...
Contextual Information
Source
This collection was principally presented by William Russell Bligh, 19 October 1902, with additions 1915-1933 from family sources or purchase at auction. Further material was included in the bequest of Sir William Dixson in 1952.
Administrative / Biographical history
William Bligh, 1754-1817, was born in Plymouth, England on 9 September 1754, the son of a customs officer. In 1770 he joined the Royal Navy as an able seaman, rising to Midshipman the following year. His aptitude for navigation earned him appointment as Master of HMS Resolution on Captain James Cook's third voyage to the South Seas (1776-1780). Coo...
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Record Identifier
nQR2AVd1
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Reference code
414397
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