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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial History
• Sale Date:
  28 Jun 2016
• Lot #:
  216
• Lot Description:
  A FATHER ASKS ABOUT HIS SON, TRANSPORTED TO VAN DIEMEN’S LAND
  June 1844 OHMS outer cover from the Secretary of State’s Office (Whitehall) together with the original enclosure; a response to the enquiry about a convict, one John Duffield. Particularly scarce. (2 items)
• Notes:
  John Duffield had been convicted at the Lent Assizes in Derby in March 1819, of sheep stealing and sentenced to death. The sentence was respited by Mr Justice Burrough on 28th April 1819 and the sentence reduced to transportation for 14 years. Duffield arrived at Hobart Town on 10th January 1820 aboard the “Dromedary”. The letter advises that he was alive at the time of the Convict Muster on 31st December 1830 but no other information was available. He had probably gained his Ticket of Leave around 1825 and his Pardon in 1833.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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