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Title
Autograph letter signed from John Vaughan to his parents, 4 June 1855
Creator
John Vaughan
Call number
MLMSS 9719
Level of description
fonds
Date

4 June 1855
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1379451
Physical Description
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

John Vaughan was sentenced to two years hard labour on the roads for committing an ‘unnatural crime’ at Glenwilliam on the 25th of November, 1854.

Source:
Trove
http://trove.nla.gov.au (accessed 23.9.2015)
Scope and Content
Autograph letter of 4 pages from John Vaughan, dated 4 June 1855 at Newcastle Gaol, New South Wales, to his parents.

Addressed, "For Matthew Vaughan, farmer, near Clarance Town on the Williams River". Letter commences, "Honoured Father and Mother".
Subject
Criminals--New South Wales.
Australian letters--19th century.
Prisons--New South Wales--Newcastle.
Place
Newcastle Gaol (N.S.W.)

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