• Title
  Arthur Phillip - Commission issued by King George III empowering Arthur Phillip, and his successors, to remit and shorten the sentences of convicts, 8 November 1791 / George III, King of Great Britain
• Creator
  Arthur Phillip, 1738-1814
• Call number
  Safe 1/4e
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  8 November 1791
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  455810
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 3237, frames 35-41 (Safe 1/4e)
  
• Physical Description
  0.02 metres of textual material (1 box) - 82 x 91 cm - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Arthur Phillip was appointed first Governor of the colony of New South Wales on 12 October 1786. He was commander of the First Fleet which sailed from Spithead on 31 May 1787 and disembarked at Port Jackson, New South Wales, on 26 January 1788. In December 1792, Phillip returned to England, resigning his post as Governor on 23 July 1793. He died in 1814.
• Scope and Content
  Document on parchment, issued by writ of Privy Seal. The commission retains a decorative cord which would have attached the King's seal to the document; the seal is no longer with the document.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
  
• Subject
  Convicts--Australia.
  Convicts--New South Wales.
  Governors--New South Wales.
  Public administration--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20784670

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