Notes
1 Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the Home Office, (8 Jun. 1791 to 11 Jul. 1794), to Captain Arthur Phillip, RN, Governor of New South Wales (26 Jan. 1788 to 10 Dec. 1792), 5 Jul. 1791, The National Archives of England and Wales, Kew, CO 201/6 and Watson Historical Records ser. 1, vol. 1, 265–7. The letter was despatched by the Pitt herself.
2 Bateson, The Convict Ships, 139–41.
3 Collins, 168–9 and 252.
4 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 24 Oct. and 7 Nov. 1812 and 29 Oct. 1814.