Dawes, William, 1762 - 1836 (astronomer and colonial administrator)
Person
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
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Account with William Dawes, 1800
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/17: 203-204
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board.
Dates:
1800
Conditions Governing Access:
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Astronomical observations made in New South Wales by Lieutenant Dawes, 1788-03-07 - 1791-06-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 84-85
Scope and Contents
Reduced by Dawes.
Dates:
1788-03-07 - 1791-06-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Astronomical observations made in New South Wales by Lieutenant Dawes, 1789-11-26 - 1791-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 86
Scope and Contents
Reduced by William Wales.
Dates:
1789-11-26 - 1791-06-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Confirmed minutes, 1780 - 1801
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/6
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, the rates of various chronometers; Charles Hutton's tables of products, powers and roots of natural numbers; the voyages of HMS 'Resolution' and HMS 'Discovery' and the examination of their log books; John Arnold's improvements to his watches; a suitable site for the Board of Longitude's instruments after the burning of the cupola of the Greenwich Hospital where they had been kept; improvements to reflecting telescopes;...
Dates:
1780 - 1801
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Diary of publications sent to William Dawes to be printed, 1798 - 1813
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/324: 19r-19v
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A diary of work performed on the 'Nautical Almanac' and arrangements for its compilation and publication.
Dates:
1798 - 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates:
1782 - 1810
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Benjamin Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1789-05-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 294
Scope and Contents
Concerning whether his son Lieutenant William Dawes should return to England with the marine corps or remain at Sydney to continue his work at the observatory.
Dates:
1789-05-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Benjamin Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1789-06-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 295-296
Scope and Contents
Concerning his son's circumstances in New South Wales and the possibility of a salary for his work as Engineer and Officer of Artillery.
Dates:
1789-06-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Benjamin Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1789-07-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 297
Scope and Contents
Concerning a petition to compensate his son William Dawes for the work he had done as Engineer and Officer of Artillery in New South Wales, and a petition for leave of absence for him.
Dates:
1789-07-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Benjamin Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1789-08-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 298-299
Scope and Contents
Concerning his petitions on behalf of his son, William Dawes, in New South Wales.
Dates:
1789-08-01
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Benjamin Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1791-02-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 305-306
Scope and Contents
Thanking him for his assistance regarding his son, William Dawes and assuring him that the books and instruments would be brought back from Sydney on HMS Gorgon, which had just departed from Spithead with supplies. Dawes also discusses the shortage of food and clothing at the settlement, and recounts William's list of rations at the settlement, noting how they were cut after the loss of the Sirius.
Dates:
1791-02-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1786-12-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 239-240
Scope and Contents
Concerning the rate of the Board of Longitude's watch and the provision of books and instruments.
Dates:
1786-12-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-01-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 241-244
Scope and Contents
Concerning the rate of the Board of Longitude's watch; the provision of books; the testing of instruments intended for the observatory; the discovery of damage to a sextant; and his request for an advance of a year's subsistence.
Dates:
1787-01-16
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-01-10 - 1787-01-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 245-246
Scope and Contents
Requesting the advance of a year's subsistence and his request to be appointed to the land service at Botany Bay; also enclosing a copy of a letter from Lord Howe about his appointment.
Dates:
1787-01-10 - 1787-01-19
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-01-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 247-248
Scope and Contents
Concerning a letter from Lord Howe about his appointment to Botany Bay, and his objections to being placed in the marine detachment of HMS Sirius rather than in the land service.
Dates:
1787-01-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-01-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 249-250
Scope and Contents
Concerning a fault in the sextant and requesting a replacement instrument; also concerning his desire to be placed in the land detachment.
Dates:
1787-01-25
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-02-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 251-252
Scope and Contents
Concerning repairs to a sextant by Mr Ramsden and supplies for the observatory.
Dates:
1787-02-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-02-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 253-254
Scope and Contents
Concerning a replacement sextant and black index glass from Ramsden.
Dates:
1787-02-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-03-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 255-256
Scope and Contents
Concerning supplies of instruments and other preparations.
Dates:
1787-03-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-05-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 257-258
Scope and Contents
Concerning receipt of a new sextant, trials of new instruments and other preparations.
Dates:
1787-05-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-05-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 259-260
Scope and Contents
Concerning supplies of instruments, the rate of Mr Kendall's first timekeeper [K1], and his preparations.
Dates:
1787-05-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-05-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 261
Scope and Contents
Sent from HMS Sirius, concerning a timekeeper [K1] received from William Bayly.
Dates:
1787-05-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 262-263
Scope and Contents
Reporting on the timekeeper [K1], and on his observations during the passage to Tenerife (en route to New South Wales).
Dates:
1787-06-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 264
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations taken (including observations for the rate of the timekeeper, K1).
Dates:
1787-06-05
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 265-266
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations made and including revised calculations of latitudes and longitudes by the timekeeper [K1].
Dates:
1787-06-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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