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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  371
• Lot Description:
  BARTHOLEMEW KENNEDY STOLE A QUILT - 7 YEARS:
  The partially printed, partially hand-completed Convict Record of Kennedy, who had been found guilty of larceny at County Clare in October 1848 and was Transported for 7 years aboard "Blenheim" along with 309 other male convicts, all of them from Ireland. A sawyer by profession, he is described as being able to "read a little." His record is punctuated with entries regarding drunkenness, solitary confinement, labouring in chains, assault and a period in the Cascades Prison Barracks.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 750
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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