• Title
  Letter from Captain Charles Berkley Money to Charles Cox, regarding Watkin Tench, 18 January 1795
• Creator
  Charles Cox, active 1784-1854
• Call number
  MLMSS 10134
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  18 January 1795
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  9604425
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Captain Charles Berkley Money (1760-1821) was born in Norfolk, England and joined the Royal Marines in 1776. He saw extensive service during the American War of Independence, notably under Lord Keppel in 1778, when he commanded a detachment on board HMS Sandwich. He retired in 1794 after being seriously wounded during his service in the Napoleonic Wars.
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
  
  Watkin Tench (1758-1833) was born in Chester, England and arrived in New South Wales in 1787. He wrote two accounts detailing the arrival of the First Fleet and the first four years of the colony : Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson (1793) that were published and translated into several languages. His writing includes much information about the Aboriginal people of Sydney, observations about the land, struggles with agriculture, and exploration west and south-west of the settlement. Among his achievements in the colony was discovering the Nepean River.
  
  He was held for six months in France as a prisoner on parole where he acted as the interpreter to Admiral Rodney Bligh after their ship the Alexander was surrendered (1794).
  Reference:
  Watkin Tench, Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tench-watkin-2719 (accessed 2 March 2018)
  
• Scope and Content
  An autographed manuscript letter written by Captain Charles Berkley Money, Plymouth , England, to his banker, Charles Cox, 18 January 1795. The letter is three pages long and written on bifolium laid paper watermarked “G.R.” It is notable for its mention of Money's fellow Royal Marine and First Fleet captain-lieutenant Watkin Tench during the time of his six month imprisonment in France.
  
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Money, Charles Berkley, 1760-1821
  
• Name
  Tench, Watkin, ca 1758-1833
  
• Subject
  Navies--Officers--Correspondence.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20830405

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