John Grant - Papers [M462], 1769-1810
John Grant - Papers [M462], 1769-1810
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
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MAV/FM4/1141 Status: No longer available
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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1) Documents 1769-1803, including financial statements and indenture of apprenticeship to his uncle, Edward Grant, and petitions after his conviction in 1803. 2) Letters 1803-10, to his mother and sister Matilda, describing the voyage on the Coromandel, his acquaintences Major George Johnston, Judge Richard Atkins, Charles Bishop and Sir Henry Haye...
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John Grant - Papers [M462], 1769-1810
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Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/45...
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Convict. Grant was transported to New South Wales in 1804. He protested against the convict system and its officials in his "Bond of Union" of October 1805 although he had himself been granted a ticket-of-leave. This criticism led him to be sentenced to five years hard labour on Norfolk and Philip Islands. Eventually he was granted a full pardon by...
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MAV/FM4/1141 Status: No longer available
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YEGm4Drn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGm4Drn
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432458
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