Folio 21: 17 August 1820, weather damp and unpleasant, convicts not up on deck. Folio...

ADM 101/19/8/4

1820

Folio 21: 17 August 1820, weather damp and unpleasant, convicts not up on deck.

Folio 21: 18 August 1820, weather remarkably fine, ship making rapid progress to the Eastward. Several trifling ailings but none dangerously indisposed. Served Patrick Kinsella a shirt, being almost naked.

Folio 21: 19 August 1820, weather rough, prisoners on deck in divisions.

Folio 22: 20 August 1820, Sunday, moderate but very cold, cleaned prison and mustered convicts. Performed divine service in the prison. Three men ailing from colds etc.

Folio 22: 21 August 1820, prisoners up in two divisions to wash clothes. Unironed Thady Hasty and John Johnston.

Folio 22: 22 August 1820, three men considerably indisposed but not deadly sick.

Folio 22: 23 August 1820, unironed Henry Maroney, John Lynch, John McAuliff and William Purcell. One man only remains in irons who is a most infamous character.

Folio 22: 24 August 1820, weather gloomy and inclined to rain, divisions up as usual. Prisoners in good health except two or three trifling instances.

Folio 22: 25 August 1820, weather fine, none dangerously sick.

Folio 23: 26 August 1820, two men indisposed, punished two boys, Fleming and Gill, for petty theft.

Folio 23: 27 August 1820, Sunday, mustered and inspected prisoners, thoroughly cleaned lower decks, held divine service. Two or three trifling ailments. The two soldiers confined to the prison were released the previous evening on a promise of good behaviour.

Folio 23: 28 August 1820, weather boisterous and cold, few prisoners on deck.

Folio 23: 29 August 1820, weather as yesterday, cleaned the decks but could not stow beds.

Folio 23: 30 August, as yesterday but divisions on deck. Unironed John Kelly (nicknamed Blucher), the last in irons.

Folio 23: 31 August 1820, weather cold but very fine, cleaned lower decks, prisoners up in two divisions to wash clothes.

Folio 24: 1 September 1820, prisoners generally in good health, only a few on deck because of the cold.

Folio 24: 2 September 1820, weather mild, none sick.

Folio 24: 3 September 1820, Sunday, very mild, prisoners all in good health. Mustered and cleaned, performed divine service.

Folio 24: 4 September 1820, divisions on deck throughout the day, prison remarkably clean, none sick.

Folio 24: 5 September 1820, all up in two divisions to wash clothes and afterwards on deck as usual. None sick.

Folio 24: 6 September 1820, weather gloomy and wet, beds not stowed on deck. Prisoners kept below in early part of the day.

Folio 25: 7 September 1820, divisions on deck but not beds, weather boisterous.

Folio 25: 8 September 1820, cold but less boisterous, divisions and beds on deck.

Folio 25: 9 September 1820, extremely mild and fine, prisoners in good health.

Folio 25: 10 September 1820, Sunday, cleaned prison, mustered and inspected prisoners, divine service.

Folio 25: 11 September 1820, weather fine, the prisoners on deck to wash their clothes and clean below decks. None seriously indisposed but several trifling ailings. Scholars making real progress.

Folio 25: 12 September 1820, weather fine continued as on most other days.

Folio 26: 13 September 1820, weather fine, prisoners on deck in divisions.

Folio 26: 14 September 1820, mild and fine, no sick.

Folio 26: 15 September 1820, weather tolerably fine, all the prisoners on deck that would come.

Folio 26: 16 September 1820, weather fine and pleasant, ship nearly abreast of Kents Island but made very little progress until evening when a fine breeze sprung up from southwards.

Folio 26: 17 September 1820, weather gloomy and boisterous, ship making great progress.

Folio 26: 18 September 1820, abreast of Jervis Bay, weather gloomy with occasional showers of rain, no observations of any consequence.

Folio 27: 19 September 1820, off Port Jackson, weather extremely boisterous n the morning, ship wet all over. In the evening arrived in Port Jackson, at 5pm received the pilot on board and at 10pm anchored in Sydney Cove.

Folio 27: 20 September 1820, lying off Farm Cove, mild and fine, prisoners generally in good health. Stood in for Sydney Cove and anchored there at 3pm.

Folio 27: 21 September 1820, Sydney Cove, prisoners on deck generally throughout the day.

Folio 27: 22 September 1820, Sydney Cove, prisoners all in good health save one man.

Folio 27: 23 September 1820, Sydney Cove, prisoners on deck to wash, all in good health save one man, Richard Keating, sent to hospital.

Folio 27: 24 September 1820, Sydney Cove, cleaned the prison and berths well out and had all the prisoners on deck to wash themselves before breakfast. All in good health.

Folio 28: 25 September 1820, Sydney Cove, cleaned prisons before breakfast and instructed prisoners to clean themselves. At 9am the Governor’s Secretary came on board to inspect the prisoners.

Folio 28: 26 September 1820, Sydney Cove, convicts on deck to wash their clothes.

Folio 28: 27 September 1820, Sydney Cove, prisoners all in good health.

Folio 28: 28 September 1820, Sydney Cove, convicts all healthy save one man, served each man a jacket, waistcoat, trousers, shirt, stockings, shoes and handkerchiefs.

Folio 28: 29 September 1820, Sydney Cove, landed 189 convicts in good health, save one man, Timothy Goulding, who has been sent to the hospital.

Folio 28: Surgeon's general remarks. States that although the health of the convicts on arrival and the lack of detail in the journal may imply there was no illness on the voyage, the reverse is true. There were many 'ailings' and accidents but all were 'by timely interference arrested, and the men restored to their wanton habits'. The cleanliness enforced during the voyage helped keep the men healthy, as did exercising their minds in the school and allowing them access to the deck. The school has been particularly successful and is a source of pride to the Surgeon. Signed, Robert Espie, Surgeon and Superintendent.

Folios 29-45: Blank.

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