• Title
  Account of an escape by an unknown convict, ca. 1840, together with a letter to Lord Denman, 18 August 1844
• Creator
  Creator unknown
• Call number
  MLMSS 5536
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1840, 1844
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  422971
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 2663, frames 1-21 (MLMSS 5536)
  
• Physical Description
  1 folder - 0.02 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• Scope and Content
  An unsigned and undated account in the form of petition addressed to "My Lord", probably Thomas, Lord Denman. The account is written by an unnamed convict and describes how he and another convict named Mahony stowed away on a ship sailing from Sydney and lived among cannibals on an island (possibly Fiji) where Mahony was eaten. Having travelled on a French ship to Tahiti the convict sailed to Liverpool, Quebec and Hull. He was eventually arrested in Manchester and brought to trial (7 pp.)
  A letter to Thomas, Lord Denman, 18 August 1844 concerning the commutation of sentences and related matters. The signature is indecipherable but the writer appears to be a Member of Parliament (4 pp.)
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2011/D13565/a1645.pdf
• General note
  
  Watermark 1832.
  Dated from internal evidence, the associated letter and by the fact that Lord Denman was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England in 1832 and presided over the Queen's Bench until 1850.
  Microfilm copy made (CY 2663), Feb. 1993.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823735
• Name
  Denman, Thomas, Baron, 1874-1954
  
• Subject
  Convicts--New South Wales--Personal narratives.
  Escapes--New South Wales.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  On the Run. Daring Convict Escapes - State Library of New South Wales (6 November, 2006 - 9 February, 2007)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3165404

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