The Boyd massacre [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2644058
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Berry, Alexander, 1781-1873
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
-
- [1829?]
- 1 v. (42 p.)
- Summary:
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Alexander Berry's account of the destruction of the ship Boyd and massacre of the captain and crew by the natives of Wangaroa, New Zealand. This account appears to have been written after 1829.
- Biography/History:
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Pioneer merchant. Joined the East India Co. in 1807 and became part-owner of supercargo City of Edinburgh'. In 1808 he voyaged to various Pacific Islands and New Zealand where in 1809 he rescued a woman, her infant, a small girl and ship's boy of the Boyd' from the Maoris.
- Notes:
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- Typescript (carbon).
- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 91.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1342174288
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1809
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1943 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1873
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1829
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