• Title
  Letter from William Bligh to Rt. Hon. Charles Francis Greville / William Bligh
• Creator
  Charles Francis Greville, 1749-1809
• Call number
  Safe 1/49
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  10 September 1808
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  456670
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 266 (Safe 1/49)
  Photocopy : CY Safe 1/49
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 letter in volume ) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), second son of the Earl of Warwick, was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Linnean Society and other natural history societies. In 1780 he became a Lord of the Admiralty. He was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks and a supporter of William Bligh.
• Scope and Content
  10 Sept. 1808; Autograph letter, signed, written from Government House, Sydney (8 pages). Bligh relates the circumstances of his seizure by the New South Corps on 26 Jan. 1808 and subsequent house arrest, blaming the events on the machinations of John Macarthur. He justifies his government of the colony and claims to have gained the support of the people through his suppression of the monopoly on spirits, his encouragement of agriculture, and other measures. Bligh thanks Greville for his support and states that he has sent mineral specimens for Greville's collection.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Letter bound into a volume by Corbett Binder, Sydney.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817
  
• Name
  Great Britain. Army. New South Wales Corps
  Macarthur, John, 1767-1834
  
• Subject
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817--Trials, litigation, etc.
  New South Wales--History--Rum Rebellion, 1808-1809.
  New South Wales--Politics and government--1788-1851.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19698273

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