• Title
  Letter from John Mitchel to G. Baker, July 1853
• Creator
  G. Baker
• Call number
  Am 141/Item 2
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  July 1853
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  448865
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 2666, frames 24-33 (Am 141/2)
  
• Physical Description
  1 folder - 0.02 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Mitchel was born in County Derry, Ireland in 1815. In 1848 he and other leaders of the Young Ireland movement were convicted of treason and sentenced to transportation. Mitchel arrived in Hobart in 1850 and a year later was joined by his wife and children. He was granted a ticket-of-leave on parole and moved to a cottage near Bothwell. In 1853, after surrendering his parole and ticket-of-leave, Mitchel escaped from Hobart on the brig Emma. His family was also on board and they sailed for Sydney. From there they took another ship to San Francisco eventually reaching New York.
• Scope and Content
  This letter was written by Mitchel about a week before his escape which took place on the night of 16 July 1853.
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D00007/a1646.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823736
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Mitchel, John, 1815-1875
  
• Subject
  Convicts--Tasmania.
  Convicts--Tasmania--Correspondence.
  Escapes--Tasmania.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  On the Run. Daring Convict Escapes - State Library of New South Wales (6 November, 2006 - 9 February, 2007)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3233454

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