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Title
Convict Department - Blacksmiths, Vycemen etc., 1867-1873
Creator
Tasmania. Convict Department
Call number
B 11
Level of description
fonds
Date

1867 - 1873
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
239979
Physical Description
1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Scope and Content
1 October 1867-4 November 1873; At the front of the book is a list giving 5 'Degrees of Industry'. Record of work done by convict blacksmiths, vycemen etc. probably at Port Arthur. At the top of each succeeding page is the name of a convict and the ship on which he arrived. Beneath this information is recorded in columns headed Week ending, Employment, Class, Amount of work performed, Conduct, Industry, Signature of Officer in Charge and Earnings Letter.
General note

Volume bound in July 1933.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S.M." initials on page 3.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Embossed on spine "Convicts / Blacksmiths, Vycemen etc. / 1867-73".
Handwritten on a paper label on page 2 "No. 4 / Blacksmiths Vycemen etc.".
Subject
Convict labor--Tasmania--History--19th century.
Convicts--Tasmania.
David Scott Mitchell Collection.

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