Lot #389 - John Williams - Transported for Life: 9 May 1856 mss ledger page
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial
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Sale Date:15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
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Lot #:389
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Lot Description:John Williams - Transported for Life: 9 May 1856 mss ledger page
recording a 3 May 1856 letter from W.C. Mayne, Inspector General of Police in charge of Convict Department [Hobart] to the Inspector Generals Dep't, Convict Branch, Sydney and the Acting Comptroller General of Convicts, Hobart Town, responding to an enquiry about the prisoner, John Williams. As Williams had been transported for Life Mayne advises that as he has completed "the sentence of fifteen years to a Penal Settlement....have the goodness to return him under warrant to Sydney, for the purpose of completing his sentence...". -
Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Collectables
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