Royal warrant for the removal of male convicts under Sentence of Transportation, dated 18 May 1824,...
Royal warrant for the removal of male convicts under Sentence of Transportation, dated 18 May 1824,...
Royal warrant for the removal of male convicts under Sentence of Transportation, dated 18 May 1824, signed by King George IV
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18 May 1824
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MLMSS 9915
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Royal warrant ordering transportation of 66 male convicts signed by King George IV, 18th May 1824. The names of 66 male convicts are listed along the left margin, organised by the courts where they were tried, Nottingham, Lancaster, the Old Bailey and York.
Nottingham:
George Henry Fowler (Minerva, July 1824),
Henry Green (Lady East,...
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Full title
Royal warrant for the removal of male convicts under Sentence of Transportation, dated 18 May 1824, signed by King George IV
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Signature / Inscriptions
Signed at head "George R".
Paper watermarked "Weatherley 1823".
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Title of warrant on verso.
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Source
Purchased from Antipodean Books, 20 December 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Penal transportation to Australia peaked in the 1830s and dropped off significantly in the following decade. The last convict ship arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868.
Between 1788 and 1868, approximately 162,000 convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government.
George IV (George Aug...
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MLMSS 9915
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n88Xg48n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88Xg48n
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1005895
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