• Title
  Francis Godolphin Bond - letter received from Thomas Bond, 10 Nov. 1792
• Creator
  Francis Godolphin Bond, 1765-1839
• Call number
  MLMSS 6422 (Safe 1/176)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1792
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  152711
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : MLMSS 6422, filed at Safe 1/176)
  
• Physical Description
  0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Francis Godolphin Bond was a son of William Bligh's half-sister Catherine. He sailed with Bligh on the second breadfruit voyage as first lieutenant of HMS Providence.
• Scope and Content
  Autograph letter signed from Thomas Bond to his brother Francis Godolphin Bond then on board HMS Providence under the command of their uncle William Bligh. The letter was written shortly after the execution of three of the Bounty mutineers and gives news of the trial and subsequent events as well as contemporary developments in Europe (especially the French Revolution) and family news.
• Finding Aids
  Read transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a145.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no: Album ID : 823626
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bond, Thomas
  
• Name
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817
  Bounty (Ship)
  Providence (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
  France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1073627

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