George Caley - Letters, 1809-1818

MLMSS 6921/Box 1X
MAV/FM5/402-451

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1809-1818

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

423478

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Photographic prints
50 slides - negative, black and white - 35 mm

George Caley (1770-1829) was appointed by Sir Joseph Banks to collect plant specimens in New South Wales. He arrived in Sydney in 1800, became superintendent of the botanic gardens at Parramatta until 1808, and later returned to England. He was superintendent of the botanic gardens at St. Vincent in the West Indies from 1816 to 1822.

MLMSS 6921/Box 1X
One set of photographic prints and one set of reader-printer copies of MAV / FM5 / 402-451.

MAV/FM5/402-451
50 slides of
(a.) Two letters, 16, 17 February 1809, to Sir Joseph Banks from Parramatta concerning botanical specimens and referring to the deposition of Governor Bligh and the subsequent political situation.
(b.) Three letters, 1816-1818, to Sir Joseph Banks from St. Vincent concerning botanical matters.

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Originals held by British Natural History Museum. Filmed by John R. Freeman and Co., London, 1965?

Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-123B)