Letters concerning D'Arcy Wentworth of NSW and his sons D'Arcy and William Charles, 1796-1834

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62 letters

Correspondents include: Philip King (Norfolk Island), D'Arcy Wentworth (Norfolk Island, Port Jackson, Parramatta), Charles Cookney (London); John Hunter; William Charles Wentworth (Sydney); Lord Castlereagh.

Subjects include: D'Arcy Wentworth's appointment as superintendent of convicts at Queensboro; King's comment on his behaviour; Wentworth's dissatisfaction; accounts of C. Cookney; appointment as Assistant Surgeon; court martial proceedings; seeking situation for his son, sending birds.

Includes: incomplete memorandum on timber of NSW and Norfolk Island. n.d.

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