HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: SERIES TWO: Part 4, Banks
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Series Two: The Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820
Part 4: Correspondence and Papers Relating to Voyages of Discovery, 1767-1819, from the State Library of New South Wales
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Publisher's Note
The first three parts of this series made available the British Library’s rich holdings relating to Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). These included not only the largest surviving collection of his correspondence, but also original narratives of the expeditions of Anson, Cook, Flinders, Franklin, Park, Vancouver and others. This fourth part offers complete coverage of Sir Joseph Banks’ papers from the State Library of New South Wales, together with further materials concerning Voyages of Discovery, 1768-1820. Highlights of the collection are:
The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771. Papers concerning Banks’ preparations for the second Pacific voyage, including details of provisions, and Banks’ draft of a letter to the Earl of Sandwich (37 pages in total) concerning his decision not to go. Letters from James Cook and Charles Clerke to Banks concerning the second Pacific voyage in HM ships Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, and the third Pacific voyage in HM ships Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1779. Letters between Banks and the multitude of gardeners and collectors that he despatched around the globe to collect plants and specimens for him, featuring: David Burton, 1790-1794, George Caley, 1795-1814, Peter Good, 1794, Francis Masson, 1776-1805, Christopher Smith, 1795-1801, and William Wright, c1782-1793, as well as Banks’ “Rules for Collecting and preserving Specimens of plants” and various plant and specimen lists. Papers concerning the outfitting of HMS Porpoise for a voyage to Australia. Correspondence concerning the social and economic development of Australia, including proposals for transporting convicts, plans to excavate coal in New South Wales, applications for free passage, and letters from William Kent, Arthur Phillip, John Hunter, William Bligh and Lachlan Macquarie. Records of the first (mutinous) and second (successful) Breadfruit voyages of William Bligh aboard HMS Bounty. These include the Log of HMS Bounty and Bligh’s own handwritten account of the mutiny and his epic voyage in the launch, written for Banks. Papers concerning the voyage of Vancouver and Menzies to the West coast of America aboard the Chatham and Discovery, 1791-1795. Records of the voyages of Matthew Flinders, 1800-1808, with letters about his imprisonment on the Isle de France, accounts of the wrecks of the Cato and Porpoise, and much on the voyage of HMS Investigator. Papers concerning the discovery of Pitcairn Island and the Bounty mutineers, 1808-1815.
Other items include Banks’ Journal of an excursion to Chatham, Rochester, Sheerness and Sheppey, Jan-Mar 1767; Banks’ Journal of a tour in Holland, Feb-Mar 1773; Papers concerning the publication by Comte Louis de Lauraguais of Banks’ abstract account of the Endeavour voyage, 1772; Correspondence between Banks and Bligh while the latter was commander of HM ships Calcutta, Director, Glutton, Irresistable and Warrior; Papers concerning the publication of the account of Lord Macartney’s Embassy to China, 1792; General correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1773-1819; Papers written by Banks; Records concerning his Lincolnshire Estates; and letters of Sarah Sophia Banks, 1773-4 & 1779, and Lady Dorothea Banks, 1817-1822.
The papers are drawn from the collections of both the Mitchell and Dixson Libraries, held at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The Mitchell Library is based on the personal collection of books, maps, and manuscripts of David Scott Mitchell, relating to Australia and the Pacific, and bequeathed to SLNSW in 1907. The Dixson Library is based on the smaller personal collection of Sir William Dixson, bequeathed to the people of New South Wales in 1959. Together they form the Australian Research Collections at the State Library of New South Wales, and total 9,000 linear metres of manuscripts, over a million pictures and photographs, hundreds of thousands of maps, and more than half a million printed items.
All of the items reproduced here are unique manuscript materials held by State Library of New South Wales. They were identified through a thorough survey of the Australian Research Collections carried out by the Library in the early 1990’s. This is the first time that they have been made available in a comprehensive microfilm publication.
Technical Note Our microform publications are prepared and produced in accordance with recommended and established guide-lines for the production of microform of superior quality. These conform to the recommendations of the standard guides to good microforming and micropublishing practice. Attention should be drawn to the nature of the original material. These manuscripts feature many common problems such as foxing, tight binding, showthrough, and variable inking. There are also some instances of torn and crumpled pages. Every effort has been made to minimise these difficulties and some openings are microfilmed more than once in an attempt to bring out all the features of the original. Nevertheless these original characteristics present difficulties of image and contrast which stringent tests and variations of density cannot entirely overcome. Almost all of the material was filmed in 1997 to meet modern standards. In a few cases though (the Corner manuscript and the logs of the Investigator, all appearing on reel 65) we have made use of existing negatives held at the library. Whilst these manuscripts were filmed in cine format and, in one instance, on perforated film stock, they are still of good quality and they enabled us to avoid refilming delicate orginal materials. The most responsible care has been exercised in the filming of this unique collection and every effort has been made to ensure that this microform publication meets the standards established by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and prevailing European standards. Contents of Reels REEL 52 Sir Joseph Banks: Correspondence, 1773-1819 Sir Joseph Banks: Correspondence and Memoranda, 1782-1818, including certificates and diplomas presented to Banks, 1785-1813, correspondence with the British Museum, 1788-1809, correspondence concerning a monument to Dr Samuel Johnson, 1791, and miscellaneous invoices and receipts, 1788-1805. REEL 53 Sir Joseph Banks: Miscellaneous reports and articles, 1777-1816 Sir Joseph Banks: Material relating to his Lincolnshire estates, including Revesby Abbey, 1790-1808. Sarah Sophia Banks: Correspondence, 1773-1774, 1779. Lady Dorothea Banks: Correspondence, 1817-1822. REEL 54 Sir Joseph Banks: Miscellaneous papers, 1767-1815, including journals of an excursion to Chatham, Rochester, Sheerness and Sheppey, 1767, and of a tour in Holland, 1773. Also, correspondence with Archibald Menzies and material regarding Macartney’s China expedition, Vancouver’s Pacific voyage, and the discovery of Pitcairn Island and the mutineers of HMS Bounty. Sir Joseph Banks: Endeavour Journal, volume 1, Aug 1768 - Aug 1769 REEL 55 Sir Joseph Banks: Endeavour Journal, volume 2, Aug 1769 - July 1771 REEL 56 Sir Joseph Banks: Material relating to Cook’s three Pacific voyages, 1768-1779, including correspondence with James Cook and Charles Clerke, and a draft of Bank’s letter to the Earl of Sandwich giving his reasons for withdrawing from the second voyage. REEL 57 Sir Joseph Banks: Correspondence with gardeners and collectors, 1776-1814, including Francis Masson, 1776-1800, 1805, William Wright, c1782-1793, David Burton, 1790-1794, Christopher Smith, 1795-1801, Peter Good, 1794, and George Caley, 1795-1809, 1814. REEL 58 Sir Joseph Banks: Correspondence with gardeners and collectors, 1780’s-1820, including material regarding the outfitting of HMS Porpoise, 1797-1801, general correspondence, 1791-1820, botanical reports, 1799, 1817-1818,“Rules for Collecting and preserving specimens of plants”, and plant and specimen lists, 1780’s-1790’s. REEL 59 Sir Joseph Banks: Material relating to Australia and the South Seas, 1786-1814, including correspondence with Mungo Park, 1798, William Paterson, 1782, 1790-1808, and William Kent, 1801-1806, and materials relating to mining, convicts, emigrants and the settlement of Australia. REEL 60 Sir Joseph Banks: Correspondence with Governors of New South Wales, 1787-1809, including Arthur Philip, 1787-1792, 1794-1796, John Hunter, 1795-1802, 1807, and Philip Gidley King, 1788, 1791-1807. REEL 61 Sir Joseph Banks: Correspondence with Governors of New South Wales, 1787-1811, including William Bligh, 1805-1811, and Lachlan Macquarie, 1809. Sir Joseph Banks: Papers relating to William Bligh’s naval commands, 1805. REEL 62 Sir Joseph Banks: Papers relating to the two Breadfruit voyages of William Bligh, 1787-1791, on HMS Bounty and HM Ships Providence and Assistant. Sir Joseph Banks: Papers relating to William Bligh’s naval commands, 1795-1805. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: SERIES TWO: Part 4, Banks REEl 63 William Bligh: Log of HMS Bounty, 1787-1790 William Bligh: Account of the Voyage in the launch of HMS Bounty, 1789 REEL 64 Sir Joseph Banks: Materials relating to the voyages of Matthew Flinders, 1800-1808, including correspondence regarding HMS Investigator, letters about Flinders while he was a prisoner on the Isle de France, and reports concerning the wrecks of HM Ships Porpoise and Cato. Matthew Flinders: Diary, 1803-1814 REEL 65 Matthew Flinders: Log of HMS Investigator, volume 1, Jan 1801 - May 1802 Matthew Flinders: Log of HMS Investigator, volume 2, May 1802 - June 1803 Journal of the Proceedings of HMS Endeavour, 1768-1770 (the “Corner” manuscript, a copy of Cook’s Journal, signed by Cook, in the hand of Orton, the ship’s clerk). Detailed Listing REEL 52 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND MEMORANDA Letters received by Banks from various persons, 1773-1819, [1884] [198 documents] Copies of letters received by various persons from Banks, 1782-1818 and undated [136 documents] Letter-press copies of letters received by various persons from Banks, 1782-1783 and undated [11 documents] Certificates and diplomas presented to Banks, 1785-1813 [9 documents] ‘Begging letters’ received by Banks from various persons, 1786-1808, [1884] and undated [13 documents] Correspondence with British Museum, 1788-1809 [9 documents] Correspondence concerning a monument to Dr Samuel Johnson, 1791 [4 documents] Extracts and abstracts of letters, 1771-1810, 1818 and undated [11 documents] Miscellaneous memoranda and other documents, 1778-1807 [25 documents] Miscellaneous invoices and receipts, 1788-1805 [4 documents] Indexes to correspondents compiled by Banks, 1768 and undated [6 documents] REEL 53 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS AND ARTICLES ‘Simkin’s Poetry’, being newscuttings, 1785-1792 [74 folios] Papers concerning coinage and the Royal Mint, 1787-1813 [36 documents] ‘Translation of a paper communicated By Mr Stuart to Lord Hobart relative to the Map now existing in the Church of St Michael di Murano at Venice’, c1804 Satirical verse, c1807 and undated [11 documents] ‘A Work upon Ancient Dresses’, undated [2 documents] Papers written by Banks, and some others, about various topics, ca 1805-1816, undated [8 documents] Misc cuttings and printed material, 1777, 1793-1795 and undated [5 documents] LINCOLNSHIRE Correspondence and memoranda concerning Banks’ Lincolnshire estates, including Revesby Abbey, 1790-1808, undated [81 documents] Correspondence and memoranda concerning the office of High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1794-1795 [28 documents] ‘Papers relating to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral’, 1807-1808 [8 documents] SARAH SOPHIA BANKS Letters received by Sarah Sophia Banks from Joseph Banks, 1766, 1773-1774, 1779 [8 documents] Copy of Some Account of Lisbon, and the adjacent Countrey, and Customs of the Inhabitants’, [1766], 1772 LADY DOROTHEA BANKS HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: SERIES TWO; Part 4, Banks Letters received by Lady Dorothea Banks from various persons, 1817-1822 and undated [10 documents] REEL 54 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS Journal of an excursion to Chatham, Rochester, Sheerness and Sheppey, 21 January - 4 March 1767 Journal of a tour in Holland, 12 February - 22 March 1773 AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS Illustrations and charts concerning the settlements in Australia, c1790s THE VOYAGE OF GEORGE VANCOUVER TO THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA Papers concerning the equipping and voyage of HM Ships Chatham and Discovery, George Vancouver, 1791-1972 Letters, and related papers, received by Banks from Archibald Menzies and others, 1791-1795, 1798 LORD MACARTNEY’S EMBASSY TO CHINA Papers concerning publication of the account of Lord Macartney’s Embassy to China, c1797 Papers concerning the discovery of Pitcairn Island and the mutineers of HMS Bounty, 1808-1809, 1813-1815 THE FIRST PACIFIC VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK Sir Joseph Banks: Endeavour Journal, volume 1, 25 Aug 1768 - 14 Aug 1769 REEL 55 THE FIRST PACIFIC VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK Sir Joseph Banks: Endeavour Journal, volume 2, 15 Aug 1769 - 12 July 1771 REEL 56 Sir Joseph Banks: Material relating to Cook’s three Pacific voyages, 1768-1779: THE FIRST PACIFIC VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK Anonymous note concerning the voyage of HMS Endeavour, c1771 Papers concerning the publication of Comte Louis de Lauraguais of Banks’ abstract account of the voyage of HMS Endeavour, 1772 THE SECOND PACIFIC VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK Voluntiers, Instructions, Provision for 2d. Voyage’ being papers concerning Banks’ preparations for the second Pacific voyage of HM Ships Resolution and Adventure, James Cook, 1768, 1771-1773 Letters received by Banks from James Cook concerning the second Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Adventure Letters received by Banks from Charles Clerke concerning the second Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Adventure, James Cook, 1772 THE THIRD VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK Letters received by Banks, with related papers, from John Montagu, Lord Sandwich, mainly concerning publication of the account of the third Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Discovery, James Cook, 1774, 1780-1785, 1795 Includes a letter received by Banks from Lord Howe, 1784 Letters received by Banks from James Cook concerning the third Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Discovery, 1776 Letters received by Banks from Charles Clerke concerning the third Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Discovery, James Cook, 1776, 1779 Copies, extracts and summaries of letters written by James Cook, Charles Clerke and others, concerning the third Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Discovery, 1779-1870 REEL 57 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: CORRESPONDENCE WITH GARDENERS AND COLLECTORS Correspondence, mainly letters received by Banks from Francis Masson, 1776-1800, 1805 Letters received by Banks from William Wright, c1782-1793 Letters received by Banks from David Burton, 1790-1794 Letters and plant lists received by Banks from Christopher Smith, 1795-1801 HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: SERIES TWO; Part 4, Banks Documents concerning the appointment of Peter Good, and the equipping of the Royal Admiral, 1794 Correspondence, mainly letters received by Banks from George Caley, 1795-1809 REEL 58 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: CORRESPONDENCE WITH GARDENERS AND COLLECTORS Correspondence concerning the outfitting and equipping of HMS Porpoise for a voyage to New South Wales, 1797-1801 General correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from various persons, 1791-1820 Botanical reports received by Banks, 1799, 1817-1818, undated. Includes ‘Rules for Collecting and preserving Specimens of plants’, undated Plants and specimen lists kept or received by Banks, 1780s-1790s REEL 59 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: PAPERS CONCERNING AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS Correspondence with various persons concerning Australia and the South Seas, being mainly letters received by Banks, 1786- 1809 Correspondence and newscuttings concerning the prisoner Mary Rose, 1788-1789 Copies of correspondence concerning the withdrawal of Mungo Park from a voyage of exploration to Australia on board HMS Porpoise, 1798 ‘Correspondence relative to Boring Machinery to try for Coal in NSWales’, 1799 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from William Paterson, 1782, 1790-1808 Applications to Sir J Banks for free passages to N S W’ being letters received by Banks from various persons, 1800-1801 Letters [received by Banks] from persons wishing to proceed to Botany Bay’, 1801-1804 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from William Kent, and others, 1801, 1806 Proposals for Conveying Convicts to New South Wales, also for their Maintenance and Clothing and c by W [William] Richards Jnr’, 1791-1793 Whale and Seal Fisheries and Sir Jos Banks’ Remarks… and Statistics…’, 1793-1798, 1802-1806 A project for supplying N S W with a circulating medium’, 1805 Volunteers who did not proceed [to New South Wales]’, 1810 Miscellaneous reports and memoranda concerning the settlements in Australia, [1770], c1786-1808 Miscellaneous newscuttings concerning the settlements in New South Wales, 1788-1791 REEL 60 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: CORRESPONDENCE WITH GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES Letters, with related papers and journal extract, received by Banks from Arthur Phillip, 1787-1792, 1794-1796 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from John Hunter, with related papers, 1795-1802, 1807 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from Philip Gidley King, with related papers, 1788, 1791-1807 REEL 61 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: CORRESPONDENCE WITH GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES Correspondence, mainly letters received by Banks from William Bligh, 1805-1811 Copies of documents ‘Received [by Banks] April 9 1808 Chiefly Relating to Leut Short’, 1806-1808. Includes memorandum written by Philip Gidley King, c1807 Documents written or transmitted to Banks by Elizabeth Bligh, 1807-1809 Letters received by Banks from various persons, concerning the governorship of William Bligh, 1808-1809 Copy of a letter received by Lachlan Macquarie from Banks, 1809 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: PAPERS RELATING TO NAVAL COMMANDS OF WILLIAM BLIGH Letters received by Banks from Lord Camden and James Chapman, while William Bligh was commander of HMS Warrior, 1805. Includes a letter written by William Bligh to William Marsden, Secretary to the Admiralty, 1805. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: SERIES TWO; Part 4, Banks REEL 62 Sir Joseph Banks: Papers relating to the two Breadfruit voyages of William Bligh, 1787-1791, on HMS Bounty and HM Ships Providence and Assistant. THE FIRST BREADFRUIT VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BLIGH 'Plan for the Voyage with Letters from various persons who interfered in the management of it’ being papers concerning preparations for the voyage of HMS Bounty, William Bligh, c1787 'Correspondence Bounty’, being letters received by Banks from William Bligh concerning the breadfruit voyage of HMS Bounty, 1787-1790. Includes copy of a letter written by Joseph Coleman, 1788; and newscuttings, 1790, 1792 'David Nelson Gardiner. Third Voyage in HM Brig Bounty’, being papers concerning David Nelson and the breadfruit voyage of HMS Bounty, William Bligh, 1787, 1790 Miscellaneous correspondence concerning the breadfruit voyage of HMS Bounty, William Bligh, 1792, 1795-1796 THE SECOND BREADFRUIT VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BLIGH ‘outfit orders’, being papers concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1790- 1791 'Correspondence’ being mainly letters received by Banks from William Bligh, with other papers, concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, 1791-1795. Includes newscuttings, 1791, 1793 Letters received by Banks from Nathaniel Portlock concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1791, 1793. Includes a letter received by Banks from Elizabeth Bligh, 1791 'Gardiners on the Providence’, being letters received by Banks, and related papers, from James Wiles and Christopher Smith concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1791-1793 'Accounts’ concerning James Wiles and Christopher Smith and the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1791-1794, 1797 Draft letter written by Banks to William Pitt, Lord Chatham, concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, 1791, 1793 Letter received by Banks from Robert Brooke, concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1792 Letters and plant lists received by Banks from Alexander Anderson, concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1792-1793 Letters and plant lists received by Banks from Thomas Dancer, concerning the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1793 SIR JOSEPH BANKS: PAPERS RELATING TO NAVAL COMMANDS OF WILLIAM BLIGH Sir Joseph Banks: Papers relating to William Bligh’s naval commands, 1795-1805 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from William Bligh while commander of HM Ships, Calcutta, Director, Glatton, Irresistible and Warrior, 1795-1798, 1800-1801, 1803, 1805. Includes a letter received by Banks from Elizabeth Bligh, 1805 REEl 63 THE FIRST BREADFRUIT VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BLIGH William Bligh: Log of HMS Bounty, 1787-1790 William Bligh: Account of the Voyage in the launch of HMS Bounty, 1789 REEL 64 THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from various persons, concerning the fitting our of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders, 1800-1801 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from the Honourable East India Company, concerning the voyage of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders 1801 Correspondence being mainly letters received by Banks from Matthew Flinders, 1807-1811 'Letters about Capn Flinders while a prisoner on Isle of France [Mauritius]’, 1804-1808. Includes letter received by Banks from John Allen, 1803 Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks, concerning the results of the voyage of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders, 1804-1806 Reports concerning the wreck of HM Ships Porpoise and Cato, 1805 HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: SERIES TWO; Part 4, Banks 'Drawings for Flinders work’, being papers concerning the drawings of William Westall from the voyage of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders, 1805-1806 'Engravings &c for F’s work’, being correspondence and invoices concerning the publication of the voyage of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders, 1811-1814 Matthew Flinders: Diary, 1803-1814 REEL 65 THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS Matthew Flinders: Log of HMS Investigator, volume 1, Jan 1801 - May 1802 Matthew Flinders: Log of HMS Investigator, volume 2, May 1802 - June 1803 THE FIRST PACIFIC VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK Journal of the Proceedings of HMS Endeavour, 1768-1770 (the “Corner” manuscript, a copy of Cook’s Journal, signed by Cook, in the hand of Orton, the ship’s clerk).