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 331-340 of 706. Previous|1...323334353637...71|Next 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 Lot #340 GEORGE BARRINGTON, D'ARCY WENTWORTH & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLENovember 14-17, 1789: This edition carries a detailed report on an appearance by the notorious pickpocket George Barrington; a further update on the fate of D'Arcy Wentworth and a small but fascinating note of a report from America. "...the House of Representatives have fixed the salary of the President at 25,000 dollars per ann. including all expences; for the Vice President 5000 per ann. and for each of the Secretarie... View details Estimate$250 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #341 D'ARCY WENTWORTH: THE LONDON CHRONICLE November 19-21 and 28-December 1: The lengthy saga of Wentworth's legal battle is continued in both these editions. There are also interesting articles from the Jamaica Royal Gazette "...There has not been any busines done here these three days past, owing to the great Revolution in France, which has reached this place [St.Pierre, Martinique] in all its force..."; from Warsaw "...The Polish regiments are said to have complained to the Commission of War t... View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #342 FIRST FLEET & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE December 1-3, 1789: With a short report about an on-board dispute leading to a duel between Captain Gilbert of the Neptune and Lieutenant McArthur of the Botany Bay Rangers; December 3-5, 1789: With separate advertisements for the publication of "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to BOTANY BAY" and Thomas Gilbrt's "Journal of a VOYAGE from PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, to CANTON, in 1788, through an unexplored passage." Also, December 5-8, 1789: ... View details Estimate$250 - $500Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #343 GEORGE BARRINGTON & D'ARCY WENTWORTH: THE LONDON CHRONICLEDecember 8-10, 1789: This edition contains a lengthy and detailed report on Barrington's trial at the Old Bailey; also, a further mention of the notorious D'Arcy Wentworth. Also, a report on a slave revolt in Martinique which includes the publication of a letter threatening "...we will spread fire and blood through all the colony..." signed "All the Negroes" and a note that "One of the convicts who was sentenced for transportation t... View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$260StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...323334353637...71|Next1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071 Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071 Next Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071 Next
