• Title
  King Family - papers, 1806-1903
• Creator
  King family
• Call number
  MLMSS 3447
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1806-1903
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Cartographic Materials, Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  422811
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : MAV/FM4/6900, frames 1-352 (MLMSS 3447/1-2)
  
• Physical Description
  2 boxes (0.36 meters) of textual material - manuscript, illustration, maps, diagrams
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Phillip Parker King, 1791-1856, son of Governor Philip Gidley King, carried out hydrographic surveys for the Royal Navy, among them surveys of the South American coast, while in command of H.M.S. Adventure, accompanied by H.M.S. Beagle. His son, Philip Gidley King, the younger, sailed with him on H.M.S. Adventure and later became midshipman of H.M.S. Beagle which continued the survey
• Scope and Content
  Series 01: Papers of Phillip Parker King, 1826-1844:
  BOX 1
  Item 1-2
  i. Surveying notebooks (2), 1826-1830, kept on H.M.S. Adventure, 1826-1830 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 1-161: MLMSS 3447/1)
  1844;
  ii. Letter received from Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 12 April 1844 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 321-337: MLMSS 3447/1)
  
  Series 02: Papers of Philip Gidley King, the younger, 1831-1869, 1892-1903
  BOX 2
  Item 1
  i. Journal kept on H.M.S. Beagle, Dec. 1831 - Apr. 1833, with later additions, 1903 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 162-251: MLMSS 3447/2)
  
  Item 2
  ii. Three letters received from Charles Darwin, 21 Feb. 1854, 24 Apr. 1869, 11 Nov. 1869 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 321-337: MLMSS 3447/2)
  
  Item 3
  iii. Reminiscences about Charles Darwin, 1831-1836, written in 1892 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 338-346: MLMSS 3447/2)
  
  Items 4-5
  iv. Autobiography, being 2 vols. 1817-1836, 1835-1843; written ca. 1894 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 252-320: MLMSS 3447/2)
  
  Series 03: Miscellaneous fragments, 1806
  Items 6-7 (Call No.: Issue MAV/FM4/6900, frames 347-352: MLMSS 3447/2)
• Description source
  
  Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-500 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
• General note
  
  The original papers were lent to the Library for copying in Jan. 1978 and microfilmed on reel MAV/FM4/6900. The papers were subsequently purchased for the Library and located at MLMSS 3447.
  This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
  Digital order no:a2491001
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
  King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
  King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856
  Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
  
• Name
  Adventure (Ship)
  Beagle (Ship)
  Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
  King family
  King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
  King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856
  
• Subject
  Hydrography.
  Politicians--New South Wales--19th century.
  Diaries.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Charles Darwin: voyages and ideas that shook the world - Australian National Maritime Museum (1 March - 31 August, 2009). Applies to: MLMSS 3447/Vol. 2/item 1
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3179913

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