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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial History
• Sale Date:
  28 Jun 2016
• Lot #:
  214
• Lot Description:
  THREE CONVICTS ESCAPE FROM PORT ARTHUR
  November 1843 hand-written letter from a Police Magistrate enlisting help in the re-capture of three escapees. The letter reports that two men had demanded provisions from a Mrs Brown at Muddy Plains; and that it was supposed that these were two of the three men who had escaped on Sept.25th 1843. The third escapee, William Westwood, also known as “Jacky-Jacky” was a notorious bushranger from NSW but he had already been recaptured in October.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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