A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess RoyalThe story of 100 women convicts transported together in 1829 from England to Australia--to become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Portrays the personalities and circumstances of the women, the conditions under which they served their sentences, and the course of their life after prison. Acidic paper. Available in North America from ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 69
... Land , so she anticipated trouble and went before the Magistrate at Patrick's Plains : RACHAEL DAGNALL per Princess Royal being duly sworn deposeth about 10 or 11 years ago my husband was cast for death at Lancaster Castle . I have ...
... Land , so she anticipated trouble and went before the Magistrate at Patrick's Plains : RACHAEL DAGNALL per Princess Royal being duly sworn deposeth about 10 or 11 years ago my husband was cast for death at Lancaster Castle . I have ...
Page 72
... Land of Foxall or , if he should be removed , let enquiry be made as to the fact of his having been a convict there and whether he reported himself married.21 The colonial secretary wrote to his counterpart in Hobart the next day , 13 ...
... Land of Foxall or , if he should be removed , let enquiry be made as to the fact of his having been a convict there and whether he reported himself married.21 The colonial secretary wrote to his counterpart in Hobart the next day , 13 ...
Page 83
... Land to join their hus- bands . But none of the Princess Royal women applied to join their men in Van Diemen's Land and nor , apparently , did their husbands seek them out . Richard Dagnall had been transported in 1820 , nine years ...
... Land to join their hus- bands . But none of the Princess Royal women applied to join their men in Van Diemen's Land and nor , apparently , did their husbands seek them out . Richard Dagnall had been transported in 1820 , nine years ...
Contents
Pity Our Distress | 6 |
The Full Penalty of the Law | 15 |
Transported Beyond the Seas | 24 |
Copyright | |
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A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal Babette Smith Limited preview - 2008 |
A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal Babette Smith No preview available - 2005 |
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