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Title
Series 1: King family correspondence, letters and memorials, etc. received with drafts of letters sent, volume 1, 1799-1827
Call number
SAFE/A 1976 (Safe 1/312)
Level of description
series
Date

1799-1827
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
826006
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 904, frames 1-359
Physical Description
0.06 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 28.5 x 41.5 cm - manuscript
Scope and Content
This volume contains mainly letters received and copies of letters sent by Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), and letters received and copies of letters sent by his son, Phillip Parker King (1791-1856). Correspondents include Anna King, Harriet King, George Crossley, Richard Aitkens, Governor Thomas Brisbane, Sir Joseph Banks, Viscount Castlereagh, and Hannibal Macarthur.

1. Draft letter of P.G. King (unaddressed) urging provision be made for his family in view of his inadequate incomes, his inability to resume active service due to ill health after 20 years servive in establishing colonies in the South Seas, 1807-1808?, (pp. 17-18)
2. Letter to Sir Joseph Banks from P.G. King asking the government for provision for his family, 1807, (pp. 19-20)
3. Instructions from George III to P.G. King yaccompanying the Commission appointing him as Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales, 23 Feb. 1802, (pp. 36-57)
4. Letter from Nicolas Baudin to P.G. King asking permission that the sick be sent to hospital, request permission to pitch observation tents on shore, and supply of fresh provisions, 23 June 1802, (pp. 60-61)
5. Letter from Lord Hobart, Secretary of State for war and the colonies, (Secret despatch no. 12) to P.G. King informing him that his application to return to England has been approved, owing in part to the differences between the Governor and the Military Officers of the Colony, 30 Nov. 1803, (pp. 84-86)
6. Letter from M. Mason to P.G. King concerning accusations against magistrates in the Hawkesbury district, 25 Feb. 1805, (pp. 95-98)
7. Letter from Captain Edward Abbott to P.G. King expressing approval of Bligh’s arrest but criticising Johnston’s methods and administration, and his refusal to accept appointment as Judge Advocate, 13 Feb. 1808, (pp. 121b-121n)
8. Letters to Viscount Castlereagh from P.G. King seeking favour for his memorial for recognition of services, 1808, (pp. 123-128)
9. Letter to Viscount Castlereagh from P.G. King stating his poor income of only 220 pounds per annum to support his wife and six children, 20 May, 1808, (pp. 132b-132c)
10. Memorial from Mrs. Anna King to Viscount Castlereagh, urging favourable consideration of her late husband’s memorial dated 21st May, 1808. Oct. 1808, (pp. 141-148)
11. Letter from Mrs. Anna King to Viscount Castlereagh stressing her financial difficulties and asking for naval pension, 24 May 1809, (p. 157)
12. Extracts from statement by Governor Bligh, June, 1808, (pp. 149-151)
13. Letter from P.P. King to Governor Brisbane concerning visit to England, retiring from public life, and details of Rooty Hill Farm, July 1822, (pp. 189-192)
14. Summary of correspondence by P.P. King from 1814 to 1826 relating to J. MacHenry’s dispute of King’s claim to grant of land at South Creek, (pp. 353-356)
15. Correspondence relating to dispute over land at South Creek between J. MacHenry and P.P. King. Correspondents include J. MacHenry, A. Macleay, H.H. Macarthur, Governors Brisbane and Darling. Jan.-May, 1826, (pp. 353-424)
16. Letter from Mrs. Harriet King to P.P. King from on board the ‘Cumberland’ concerning the voyage with family on returning from visit to England, 3 Oct. 1826, (pp. 444-447)
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Finding Aids
A detailed contents list is available with this volume -
General note

Further selected correspondence and documents in this collection are indexed in the Mitchell Library Manuscripts index card catalogue.

Safe 1/312 (A 1976) is volume 1 of the King Family Papers.
The King Family Papers consist of 9 Volumes: (Safe 1/312-320 : A 1976 - A 1980/3; D 141/1-2).
Creator/Author/Artist
King, Harriet, 1796-1874
King, Anna Josepha, 1765-1844
Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins, 1788-1861
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803
Buckinghamshire, Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of, 1760-1816
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Subject
New South Wales--History--1788-1851.
Land grants--New South Wales.
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