Autograph letter from convict Job Neal to the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land, 1835
Autograph letter from convict Job Neal to the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land, 1835
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1835
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MLMSS 9610
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Manuscript letter in ink from convict Job Neal (Neale) to Mr. Capper the representative of John Montagu, the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's, dated Feburary 5th 1835. A single unruled foolscap sheet, signed 'Job Neale', and endorsed on the verso in a different hand.
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Autograph letter from convict Job Neal to the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land, 1835
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Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, May 2014
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Convict Job Neal (Neale) was tried at the Warwick Assizes on July 29th 1820 and sentenced to transportation for life. From the time of his arrival in Sydney aboard the ship 'Speke' in May 1821 he was assigned to the Rev. Benjamin Carvosso, the first Wesleyan Methodist minister to preach in Australia. Carvosso moved to Hobart in 1825 and took Neal w...
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MLMSS 9610
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94RxQby1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxQby1
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1148206
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