Francis Forbes - Correspondence relating to the Sudds, Thompson, and Robison cases, ca.1824-1830
Francis Forbes - Correspondence relating to the Sudds, Thompson, and Robison cases, ca.1824-1830
Francis Forbes - Correspondence relating to the Sudds, Thompson, and Robison cases, ca.1824-1830
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Date
1824-1830
Call Numbers
A 743
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1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3992, frames 107-151 (A 743)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a1754.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Report, notes and correspondence that relate to the Sudds and Thompson cases, the transmission of charges by Captain Robison against Governor Ralph Darling, and Robison's trial and court martial. Includes "Sketch of defensive operations" relating to Sudds. Many of the letters are addressed to Forbes and are written by Darling and Robison.
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Full title
Francis Forbes - Correspondence relating to the Sudds, Thompson, and Robison cases, ca.1824-1830
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Notes
General note
Microfilm copy made, Dec. 1999.
Paper includes the following watermarks, "Harris / 1822" ; "Brocklesby & / Morbey / 1826" ; "J. Green & Sons / 1826" ; "J. Rump / 1826" ; "Harris / 1827"
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
Digital order no:Album ID : 823813
Signature / Inscriptions
"Sudds, Thompson and Robison" embossed on spine.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1826, the privates Joseph Sudds and Patrick Thompson deliberately committed theft in the expectation that they would be transported, a fate they believed to be preferable to continued service in the army. Lieutenant Governor Ralph Darling, Governor of N.S.W., commuted their sentence to a flogging and assignment of seven years hard labour in the...
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Call Numbers
A 743
Record Identifier
1JkobEDY
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Reference code
201959
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