Documents regarding Arthur Phillip collected by Sir William Dixson, 20 May 1814-1947

DLADD 267

fonds

20 May 1814-1947

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Ephemera

954323

1 folder of textual material - manuscript, typescript, printed, photos, clippings, typescript copy

Arthur Phillip was appointed first Governor of the colony of New South Wales on 12 October 1786. He was commander of the First Fleet which sailed from Spithead on 31 May 1787 and disembarked at Port Jackson, New South Wales, on 26 January 1788. In December 1792, Phillip returned to England, resigning his post as Governor on 23 July 1793. He died in 1814.

Item 1
Account of the movements of Governor Phillip as far as they can be traced, from his return to England in 1793 to his death in 1814. Typescript

Item 2
Transcript of Governor Phillip's will, extracted from the Principal Registry of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, dated 20 May 1814. Accompanied by typed digest

Item 3
Letter, dated Knutsford, 9 December 1897, from Arthur P. Lancefield to the Reverend L. J. Fish, about Governor Phillip

Item 4
Letter, dated Knutsford, 15 July 1898, from Arthur P. Lancefield to Becke, about Governor Phillip's marriage

Item 5
The Beacon: a journal of political and general information circulating in the County of Somerset and City of Bristol. Vol. 14, no. 4, April 1911. [Contains article about the house Phillip died in at Bath]

Item 6
St Mildred's Church, Bread Street, London - Dedication of national historical memorial [to] Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. - 7 December 1932, not published, no date

Item 7
[Envelope of cuttings, letters, photographs, etc.]

[The press cuttings are dated 1911 to 1947 and the letters 1897-1898]

Item 8
Photograph of Arthur Phillip's and his wife's tombstone

Item 9
Photograph of Arthur Phillip's burial place, Bathampton Church

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Previously known as Tasmanian Archival Estrays