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Public notice on transportation of convicts to New South Wales
Details the 1780s London Norwich public notice describing convicts to be sent to Botany Bay as a colony under government orders. It recounts the mother with infant, shipboard removal, and efforts by Mr Simpson and Lord Sydney to secure humane treatment and permission for the infant to travel with its mother and fiancé. The narrative notes delays with the ship’s captain and the eventual arrangement for marriage before voyage. A second portion references tobacco trade contracts between American Morris interests and French authorities with shipping terms and payment conditions.
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Pa Norwie Mercury
New South Wales
Norwich Gas
Thare
ben + tong
Seppiony Turckey
England
Simple
Plymouth
South Sea
Girler
Norwich
Simpton
Simpson
Lord Sydney
London
Sydney
Narretia
LordOup
Sempton
Bernt
Wurtis
Coureaulx
Morris
Ding
United States
Aii
Mr. Morris
Hall
James
York
Potowmack
Roabansock
Bourdeaux
Havre de Grace
Dieppe
Morlaix
Maryland
Sieur le Normand
Siens le Normand
Mel, Couteaulx and Co
Paris
le Nurmend
le Normand
Mefl
Couteaulx and Co
France
America
Comseaulx and Co
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
Mei
Rochelle