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Title
Series 9: King family correspondence, letters, bills of exchange and further papers, etc., volume 9, 1805-1850
Call number
SAFE/A 1980/3 (Safe 1/320)
Level of description
series
Date

1805-1850
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
826024
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 906, frames 315-671
Physical Description
0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 41.0 x 30.0 cm - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

John Carne Bidwill 1815-1853, was a botanist and friend to Phillip Parker King. In February 1841 with a plant collection and a letter from King to Sir william Hooker at Kew Gardens, he sailed for England. He returned to Sydney in 1844, but was denied a position as director and government botanist. Bidwill in a letter to King showed no resentment. At his own request he was appointed commissioner of crown lands at Wide Bay. He wrote in 1849 that he had more than £500 a year for doing what was only a pleasure.
Scope and Content
This volume contains mainly letters received and copies of letters sent by Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), and letters received by his son, Phillip Parker King (1791-1856). Correspondents include Anna King, Rev. Samuel Marsden, George Johnston, Arthur Phillip, J.C. Bidwill, and Viscount Castlereagh.

1. Correspondence from P.G. King with magistrates concerning search for private stills, prosecution of offenders, with reports of enquiries, etc., May-June 1806, (pp. 15-18, 28-81)
2. Autograph memorandum from P.G. King stating tenant of Mr. Wentworth’s farm [J. Maine] give securities not to engage in private distillation of spirits, 7 May 1806, (p. 18)
3. New South Wales Commissary and New South Wales Corps Bills drawn on Great Britain Treasury, June 1805-June 1806, (pp. 83-132)
4. Account of livestock in New South Wales and its dependencies in 1806 by P.G. King, n.d., (pp. 145-162)
5. General Orders proclaimed by Major George Johnston concerning the disposing of Governor Bligh and proclaimation of maritial law, appointment of new officals such as Judge Advocate and Magistrates, 26 Jan. 1808 – 3 Apr. 1808, (pp. 167-192)
6. Letter from P.G. King to Lord Camden concerning King’s claim to wild cattle at Cowpastures, 20 July 1805, (pp. 193-194)
7. Letter from Arthur Phillip to P.G. King concerning transferring ownership of cattle from Phillip to King, 5 June 1799, (p. 203)
8. Letter from Lord Castlereagh to Anna King concerning compensation claim over lost cattle, 28 Aug. 1808, (pp. 211-212)
9. Letter from J. Oxley of H.M.S. Porpoise, referring to colonist’s grief over her husband’s death, arrest and disposal of Governor Bligh, prospects of Mrs. King returning to the Colony, and friendly messages to her daughters and son, 1 June 1809, (pp. 215-219)
10. Letter from Anna King to P.P. King referring to giving of duplicate Norfolk Island accounts to Commissary Palmer in London, [1820?], (pp. 242-245)
11. Notes for biographical memoir of Governor King and P.P. King collated from family papers for benefit of descendants, n.d., (pp. 248-256)
12. Letters from John Bidwill to P.P. King exchanging and discussing numerous plants and then cultivation, refers to his visits to Moreton Bay 1841, England 1844, and Tahiti 1845, and his employment at Botantic Gardens Sydney, 1841-1849?, (pp. 259-300, 308-335)
13. Letters from J. Smith to P.P. King advising despatch of plants from Kew Gardens for King, Bidwill and Macarthur, 5/12 Oct. 1849, (pp. 344-350)
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 -
Published Information
Historical Records of New South Wales. Sydney : Government Printer, 1892-1901 (Sydney : Charles Potter, Government Printer).
General note

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

This collection of papers was used by F.M. Bladen, the editor of N.S.W. Historical Records in compiling that work. Many of the documents would appear to have come from papers in the N.S.W. Colonial Secretary’s Department. Some probably lent by P.G. King.

Safe 1/320 (A 1980/3) is volume 9 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, Anna Josepha, 1765-1844
Johnston, George, 1764-1823
Marsden, Samuel, 1765-1838
Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814
Subject
Land grants--New South Wales.
Liquor Industry--New South Wales--1788-1851.
New South Wales--History--Rum Rebellion, 1808-1809.
Bills of exchange.
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