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Letters (3) from Alexander Hart, Edinburgh Gaol, the convict ship Speke and Sydney N.S.W. to members of his family, 22 September, 11 December 1820 and 1 March 1847, the latter incomplete; with certificate of discharge of his brother, John Hart on ship Cressy, 26 May 1814
Creator
Alexander Hart
Call number
MLDOC 1940
Level of description
fonds
Date

22 September, 11 December 1820, 1 March 1847,
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Ephemera
Reference code
931938
Physical Description
1 folder of textual material - manuscript, carbon typescript, photocopies
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Alexander Hart, convict and cabinet maker was transported to Australia on ship, Speke, 22 December 1820 and pardoned 1836

Reference:
MLDOC envelope
Scope and Content
This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.2538
Original held by
Original in possession of P.C. Alexander Esq., solicitor, Perth, Scotland, 1972
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts MLDOCs (5-375C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Reproduction permitted for research purposes only
Name
Speke (Ship)
Hart, John
Cressy (Ship)
Subject
Convict ships.
Transportation of convicts--Australia.
Sailors--Australia.
Merchant mariners--Certification.

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