Guide to the Historical documents collected by Kraft Foods Limited
MS 10104
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Title
- Historical documents collected by Kraft Foods Limited
- Date Range
- 1758 - 1896
- Collection Number
- MS 10104
- Extent
- 0.85 metres (1 clam shell box; 1 phase box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a certificate of Discharge for William Bray, Boatswain on HMS Pembroke, 18 December 1758, signed by James Cook (Master); an account by William Bligh of embarkation of 11th Regiment troops at Yarmouth on 7 April 1790, [c.1800s]; a letter of Sir Thomas Brisbane, 21 October 1810; Printed sheet with lyrics for ballads 'The female transport' and 'Long parted have we been', [c.1820s?]; Notes by Charles Kingsley for a lecture on Australia, [c.1850s]; The News-Letter of Australasia, No. 5, November 1856; Miner's Right, Colony of Victoria, issued to H. Richards of Eurobin, 15 March 1896.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4594429).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Historical documents collected by Kraft Foods Limited, National Library of Australia, MS 10104, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Item Descriptions
Certificate of Discharge – William Bray, Boatswain on Pembrooke, Signed James Cook (Capt), dated 18 December 1758, 1758 (File 1) - Volume 1
One of the earliest surviving examples of Cook's signature, dating from a period in his career when he served on HMS Pembroke in the Gulf of St Lawrence carrying out surveying work between 1757 and 1759. The document is signed by both Cook and Captain John Simcoe