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Letter from a female convict on the First Fleet...
Letter from a female convict on the First Fleet...
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April 19, 1788
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 19, 1788
* First Fleet - Australia
* Woman convict letter
Page 2 has an uncommon report from the First Fleet headed to Australia to deliver the convicts on board. It notes in part: "By an extract of a letter just received from one of the female convicts in the fleet bound to Botany Bay, dated Cape of Good Hope, October 15, it appears that they had been remarkably healthy during their passage there, only two women having died, etc. That they continued to meet with the greatest indulgence from the officers & seamen..." with more (see).
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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