• Title
  Series 2: Transcripts of letters from John Barr to Andrew Barr, with other material relating to contemporary events
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  30 July 1817-28 March 1822
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  9668410
• Physical Description
  1 text file - digital, Microsoft Word
  
• Scope and Content
  Transcriptions by William Barr (made 2018), of thirteen letters of John Barr, 1817-1822, together with extracts from the diary of a Stirling doctor Dr. Lucas, relating events connected with the "Battle" of Bonnymuir, plus a selection of newspaper accounts of the general state of unrest surrounding the "Battle" of Bonnymuir.
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Original held by
  Thirteen letters of John Barr held at the National Library of Scotland, Acc. 13901, https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/18705 (Accessed 13 September 2022)
• General note
  
  Transcribers notes:
  The letters are from my great-great-granduncle John Barr to his brother Andrew Barr (my great-great-grandfather). Both were Scottish handloom weavers, but John had the misfortune to join a group of armed rebels, shortly before they were intercepted by a troop of government cavalry, and thus became embroiled in the "Battle" of Bonnymuir, was taken prisoner and as a result was transported to New South Wales. In addition to the letters, there is a selection from the diary of a Stirling doctor Dr. Lucas, who witnessed the hanging and beheading of the two ringleaders, Baird and Hardy, plus a selection of newspaper accounts of the general state of unrest and of the hanging and beheading.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Subject
  Convicts--correspondence.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20483073

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