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Exemplary convicts in Botany Bay...
Exemplary convicts in Botany Bay...
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February 24, 1791
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 24, 1791 An interesting page 2 report notes in part: "...dispatches from Botany Bay we learn that Richard Pugh and Elizabeth Morgan, two convicts sent...with the first fleet & who were married before they embarked, have behaved in so exemplary a manner that they are esteemed among the most useful & industrious of the convicts..." with a bit more. Also mention that: "...the native inhabitants of the country have caught the small pox from the English & died in great numbers..." with more (see).
Eight pages, partial tax stamp on page 2, a red ink stain in the blank margin of the front page, generally nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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