• Title
  Series 4: King family - Papers of Philip Gidley King, the younger, 1856-1904
• Call number
  SAFE/MLMSS 4530/Box 3 (Safe 1/327)
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1856-1904
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  10604
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 3737, frames 1-105 (MLMSS 4530/3)
  
• Physical Description
  0.05 metres of textual material (3 folders) - manuscript - 24.0 x 35.5 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Philip Gidley King, 1817-1904, the eldest son of Phillip Parker and Harriet King sailed with his father in H.M.S. Adventure on a survey of South America from 1826 to 1830. In 1831 he continued on the Beagle in company with Charles Darwin. On his return to Australia in 1837 he followed mainly pastoral pursuits, and was a member of the Legislative Council from 1880 to 1904. He published his 'Comments on Cook's log...' in 1891 and wrote an unpublished memoir of Charles Darwin in 1892 (original held in the Mitchell Library at ZMLMSS 3447).
• Scope and Content
  1880; Writ, 15 Dec. 1880, appointing King to the Legislative Council of New South Wales (Call No.: MLMSS 4530/3/1)
  1856-1904; Legal papers. Includes conveyance in fee of Dunheved estate from Harriet King to P.G. King, 10 Apr. 1856; declaration of annuity to Harriet King, 24 Feb. 1879; abstracts of various land titles, 1856-1897; grant of probate in the estate of P.G. King, 14 Oct. 1904 (Call No.: MLMSS 4530/3/2-12)
  1856; Letter received by P.G. King from Robert Copland Lethbridge, 4 Apr. 1856, mainly concerning family properties (Call No.: MLMSS 4530/3/13)
  ca. 1891-1892; Manuscripts by P.G. King. Includes notes on published accounts of exploration; his 'Reminiscences of Mr Charles Darwin...Oct. 1892', typescript; copy of Comments on Cook's log (H.M.S. Endeavour, 1770) with extracts, charts and sketches (Sydney, 1891) (Call No.: MLMSS 4530/3/14-17)
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  King, Harriet, 1796-1874
  King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
  Lethbridge, Robert Copland
  
• Name
  Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
  
• Subject
  Land titles--New South Wales.
  Politicians--New South Wales.
  
• Place
  Dunheved (N.S.W. : Farm)
  South America
  St. Marys (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19692882

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