• Title
  Letter from Peter Heywood to Capt. Jeffrey Raigersfeld, 24 Nov. 1808, and letter to Charles Rumker, 16 Sept. 1826
• Creator
  Peter Heywood, 1773-1831
• Call number
  Ah 54
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  24 Nov. 1808; 16 Sept. 1826
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  441768
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 2809, frames 381-389 (Ah 54)
  
• Physical Description
  1 folder - 0.01 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Peter Heywood, a midshipman on HMS Bounty, stood trial at Spithead in Sept. 1792 for his part in the Bounty mutiny. Heywood's well connected family lobbied intensely for his release, particularly his sister Nessy and uncles J.M. Heywood and Commodore Thomas Pasley. Heywood rose to the rank of captain before his retirement in 1816.
  Jeffrey Raigersfeld was a naval officer and the author of 'The Life of a Sea Officer' by Baron de Raigersfeld, Rear Admiral of the Red.
  Charles Rumker (1788-1862), astronomer, worked at the Parramatta observatory from 1821 to 1829. He was the first person to hold the title of government astronomer in New South Wales. Rumker was born at Stargard, Germany, and used this name for his farm near Picton and as part of the name under which he published some of his observations.
• Scope and Content
  24 Nov. 1808; Holograph letter to Capt. Jeff Raigersfeld written from HMS Donegal, Torbay, where Heywood was serving with the Channel Fleet under Lord Gambier. He writes of mutual acquaintenances who served in the 'Vestal', mentions his sketching and refers to his sister Nessy's 'little Book' about his part in the mutiny on the Bounty. (Call No.: Ah 54 Item 1)
  16 Sept. 1826; Holograph letter to Charles Rumker written from Highgate. Referring to Rumker's disagreement with Governor Thomas Brisbane over a land title, Heywood advises Rumker that he (Heywood) has taken up the matter with Alexander McLeay who is to go to New South Wales as Colonial Secretary to newly appointed Governor Ralph Darling. Heywood reports Brisbane's retirement to Scotland, William Fitzwilliam Owen's return from surveying the coast of Africa and William Parry's plan to travel to the North Pole. He also refers to Rumker's scientific and farming endeavours. (Call No.: Ah 54 Item 2)
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D15795/a775.html
• General note
  
  Further letters by and about Peter Heywood are included in Mary Heywood's letterbook held at MLMSS 5719 (filed at Safe 1/127 and microfilmed on reel CY 2809, frames 1-380).
  Digital order no: Album ID : 824167
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Raigersfeld, Jeffrey, 1771-1844
  Rumker, Charles Stargard
  
• Name
  Brisbane, Thomas, Sir, 1773-1860
  Heywood, Hester, 1768-1793
  McLeay, Alexander, 1767-1848
  Owen, William Fitzwilliam, 1774-1857
  Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
  
• Subject
  Astronomers--New South Wales.
  Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
  Governors--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3218482

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