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Page 366
... emigrant , no reform , no prosperity , no usefulness , can ever efface the original stain , or fit the quondam convict for his society . Even those of his fellow emigrants who at all overcome these scruples , are stamped as emigrants ...
... emigrant , no reform , no prosperity , no usefulness , can ever efface the original stain , or fit the quondam convict for his society . Even those of his fellow emigrants who at all overcome these scruples , are stamped as emigrants ...
Page 522
... Emigrants ; in spite of false certificates on the part of the Emigrants ; & very unfortunate arrangements for them on the part of the Commissioners , I believe they are a very contented body , & satisfied with their treatment since on ...
... Emigrants ; in spite of false certificates on the part of the Emigrants ; & very unfortunate arrangements for them on the part of the Commissioners , I believe they are a very contented body , & satisfied with their treatment since on ...
Page 546
... emigrants arrived in the Surry , about a week prior to my departure from Adelaide , were succeeded by the Pestanjee , having His Excellency Colonel Gawler and two hundred and fifty emigrants on board . I was informed by a German ...
... emigrants arrived in the Surry , about a week prior to my departure from Adelaide , were succeeded by the Pestanjee , having His Excellency Colonel Gawler and two hundred and fifty emigrants on board . I was informed by a German ...
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