Commission appointing Philip Gidley King as superintendent and commandant of Norfolk Island, 12 February 1788

MLMSS 1889/Folder 1X

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Microfilm : CY 4642, frames 1-9 (MLMSS 1889X, Item 1).
Microfilm : Another microfilm copy made while the original was located at 'Rotunda 39'.

1 outsize folder of textual material

Commission appointing P. G. King superintendent and commandant of Norfolk Island, 12 Feb. 1788. Autographed by the Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip.

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-185C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

The collection of documents at MLMSS 1889X (microfilmed Sept. 2006) includes 5 items relating to P.G. King, George Taylor Rowe, William Lamb Chinese, Sydney Grant Boydell, and Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy.
The microfilm copy at MAV/FM4/2338 (frame 79: Rotunda 39) also includes copies of all items previously located at 'Rotunda 1-80' (mainly Australian views & pictures).
Further ms. copies of King's Norfolk Island commission are at C 187, pp.1-3, microfilm reel CY 891 (P.G. King's letterbook).
P.G. King's Commission as Governor of New South Wales, 20 Feb. 1802, is located at Safe 1/101 (CY 2207, frames 1-11). A transcript copy of that commission is available in the Bonwick Transcripts collection, in BT Box 60, pp.102-129 (Ref.1: CY 1904, frames 106-134).