Australian History (#144MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 31-40 of 86. Previous|123456789|Next Lot #330 FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEJune 18-20, 1789: This edition contains a short extract of a letter "from an officer on board the Sirius at Botany Bay, to a gentleman in this city [Edinburgh] by which "we have a more favourable account of the country than what has yet appeared.""The inhabitants (he says) are exceedingly shy, and do not seem to wish for any communication with us. The less, in my opinion, the better, as they seem fond of thieving every thing they can lay th... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #331 FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEJune 23-25, 1789: This edition features a small and intriguing article about "the dispute between the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the new settlement at Botany Bay." (Governor Phillip, Lieutenant-Governor Ross, Major Bruce and the Adjutant General, David Collins are arguing about who is in charge!). Details are also provided of the corps that was being raised "for the defence of the colony" listing a total of 316 men. This information, t... View details Estimate$250 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #332 FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEJuly 21-23, 1789: Features an "Extract of a Letter from Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, county of Cumberland, New South Wales, to Mrs. Dinah Cable, at Laxfield.....dated November 17, 1788." A rare letter from a female convict written only a few months after the arrival of the Fleet. "....this country is the most barren that I ever heard of;....as for any sort of fruit, it is as scarce as on the barren mountains of Wales. There is an animal called ca... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #333 BOTANY BAY & THE NATIVE INHABITANTS: THE LONDON CHRONICLESeptember 3-5, 1789: This edition contains two fascinating entries; the first being news carried by a Dutch ship, recently arrived from China, having met a ship from Port Jackson while en route at a port in India: "...the Governor's house and one street were finished with much neatness; that the crops of grain, though not so fine as were expected, had been tolerably fruitful.....Three persons had been punished with death....an iron m... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #334 BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE September 8-10, 1789: Extracts from a Letter from Portsmouth note that "....Nine convicts from the hulks at Langston harbour, and 16 from the hulk lying off Weevil....were this day embarked on board his Majesty's ship Guardian, bound to Port Jackson, Botany Bay. The Guardian will sail.....loaded with beds, clothing, and every other necessary which Commander Phillips did not take out. The 25 convicts now embarked are....chiefly house carpenters and blacksmith... View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold Lot #335 BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLESeptember 10-12, 1789: includes a short piece about a curious item "imported from Botany Bay...a leaf of very uncommon properties; the most extraordinary is, that when dried, even without being pulverised, it goes off on application of a match, with an explosion somewhat in the manner of gunpowder, the air is afterwards agreeably perfumed......" View details Estimate$250 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #336 BOTANY BAY & A FEMALE TRANSPORT: THE LONDON CHRONICLE October 20-22, 1789: A small article but a big story; this edition of the paper carries an "Extract of a Letter on board the Lady Juliana, Aitken, for Botany Bay, dated Santa Cruz, Sept.1" in which the correspondent notes "I have the pleasure of informing you of our safe arrival in this place......We are all in good health; the women have behaved much better than was expected....."The British government chartered the Lady Juliana to... View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold Lot #337 BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEOctober 31 - November 3, 1789: This edition includes a small entry regarding a group of three felons who had previously "rejected his Majesty's [offer of] clemency on condition of being transported to Botany Bay" but who had since "thought [it] proper to accept." View details Estimate$250 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #338 COOK'S VOYAGES, BOTANY BAY & THE SECOND FLEET: THE LONDON CHRONICLE November 5-7, 1789: This edition includes a long (almost full page) commentary on a new book published by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, who had previously accompanied Captain James Cook on his Third Pacific Voyage; also, a small reference to "The fleet, with convicts for the new settlement at South Wales" being prepared for departure from Portsmouth "before the conclusion of the month." This is a reference to the Second Flee... View details Estimate$250 - $500Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #339 COOKS VOYAGES, BOTANY BAY & BOXING: THE LONDON CHRONICLENovember 12-14, 1789: Concluding in this issue is the lengthy article (started in the 5-7 Nov. edition) concerning "A Voyage round the WORLD...." by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, who had accompanied Captain James Cook on his Third Voyage to the Pacific. It also includes an extensive coverage of the latest trial of "The notorious D'Arcy Wentworth". At the conclusion of the case the prosecutor informed the judge: 'My Lord, Mr. Wentworth,... View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$300StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456789|Next Previous 123456789 Next Previous 123456789 Next
