Collection 01: King family papers, 1791-1956
Collection 01: King family papers, 1791-1956
About this item
Full title
Date
1791-1956
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1973/vol. 1X
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures, Drawings, Photographs and Prints
Physical Description
Contents
1 outsize volume of textual material - typescript
drawings, photographs, prints and photomechanical prints
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
VOLUME 1X
Contents list in volume
Includes MS copies of journals (2) of Anna Josepha, wife of Governor King: diary of a voyage to Australia on board the whaler 'Speedy', 19 Nov. 1799 to 15 Apr. 1800, diary of voyage from New South Wales to England on board HMS 'Buffalo', 4 Feb. to 24 May 1807; letters (8) to Admiral Phillip Parker King, 183...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Collection 01: King family papers, 1791-1956
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Clarke, W. B. (William Branwhite), 1798-1878
King, Anna Josepha, 1765-1844
King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856
Labilliere, Francis Peter, 1840-1895
Lethbridge, Robert Copland
Roe, John Septimus, 1797-1878
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1809-1878
Stiles, Henry T., 1803-1867
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
Notes
General note
This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
Microfilm available at: CY 2253, frames 1-137 (MLMSS 1973X)
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-191C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Object History
From an album purchased from Mr Bruce Gidley Abbott (son of Elizabeth Matilda Abbott (b. King, 1872; m. Ross, 1893; m. Abbott, 1901) and great-grandson of Philip Gidley King (1817-1904)). The album was bequeathed to Mr Abbott by his aunt, Olive Maria Laura Gidley King. The contents of the album were catalogued individually.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from B.G. Abbott in 1970
Administrative / Biographical history
Philip Gidley King was Governor of New South Wales, 1800-1806. Phillip Parker King was his son, and Philip Gidley King the younger was his grandson
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 1973/vol. 1X
Record Identifier
nV2qeVqn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qeVqn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
422415
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