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... whole number of people victualled amounts to 966 - consequently we have only the labour of a part to provide for the whole .... I could have wished to have given your Lordship a more pleasing account of our present situation ; and am ...
... whole number of people victualled amounts to 966 - consequently we have only the labour of a part to provide for the whole .... I could have wished to have given your Lordship a more pleasing account of our present situation ; and am ...
Page 488
... whole system of convict discipline , by lengthening the hours of work , ending the payment of wages , establishing chain gangs and founding the penal settlement at Port Arthur as the sole place of confinement for convicts undergoing ...
... whole system of convict discipline , by lengthening the hours of work , ending the payment of wages , establishing chain gangs and founding the penal settlement at Port Arthur as the sole place of confinement for convicts undergoing ...
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... whole , from what I heard more than from what I saw , I was disappointed in the state of Society . The whole community is rancorously divided into parties on almost every subject . Amongst those who from their station of life , ought to ...
... whole , from what I heard more than from what I saw , I was disappointed in the state of Society . The whole community is rancorously divided into parties on almost every subject . Amongst those who from their station of life , ought to ...
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