Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Nov. 23. “The convicts already arrived at this port from Newfoundland, are near fourscore in number; a few others are expected. These unhappy wretches are almost destitute of every sort of covering, and some of them are labouring under sickness and infirmity. Their story is accurateas follows: About the …
Government are now engaging 1800 tons of transports, on contract, to carry over the felons under sentence of transportation to Botany Bay. The victualling the convicts on the voyage is included in the contract. Citation: Glasgow Advertiser (Glasgow, United Kingdom), 28 August 1789, available at the Scissors and Paste Database, http://www.scissorsandpaste.net/14.
There are no less than 130 women going out in the transports to Botany Bay; among the female convicts destined for this settlement, there was one so beautiful, that it was thought a pity to send her abroad, and she is therefore preferred for home cultivation. Citation: Glasgow Advertiser (Glasgow, United Kingdom), 02 October 1789, …