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Folio 2: Friday 17 November 1820: took the appointment and joined the ship at Deptford, found the dock yard artificers employed on board in fitting up the prison and making other necessary alterations.

Folio 2: Saturday 25 November 1820: came on board a lieutenant and twenty six soldiers of the line as a guard for the convicts, all of which excepting three are recruits, certainly not the best calculated as a guard for convicts one of them in the last stage of consumption.

Folio 2: Friday 1 December 1820: the consumptive soldier sinking fast and having no medicine on board, I have today sent him to the military hospital at Woolwich.

Folio 2: Friday 8 December 1820 at Woolwich: the artificers having finished their work and the ship being ready for the convicts, came on board captain Young agent for the transports with an order to receive sixty nine convicts from the Justitia convict hulk at this place [Woolwich].

Folios 2-3: Monday 11 December 1820: Received on board sixty five convicts from the Justitia wrote to the Navy board informing them of having done so, 2.30 pm got under weigh and run down to Long Reach at 5.15pm anchored before leaving Woolwich, sent the sergeant to the hospital to enquire after our sick soldier and learned that he died last Friday.

Folio 3: Wednesday 13 December 1820: none of the prisoners excepting the cooks have been on deck.

Folio 3: Friday 15 December 1820: at 9 am ship got under weigh and run down to Gravesend.

Folio 3: Saturday 16 December 1820: prisoners orderly served out 1 shirt and a pair of over hall trowsers to each prisoner, and the Bible, new testament, and common prayer books in proportion agreeable to my instructions, I detected two letters written by John Horton and John Marsh two of the prisoners, the first directing his friend to wait upon a person employed at the Mint and by making use of his name this person would make a die for him. That of Marsh was written to his wife directing her to call at a house in London where she would find a gold watch and a number of valuable things which he said belonged to him. These letters I transmitted under cover to Earl Bathurst His Majestys secretary of State for Colonial affairs.

Folios 3-4: Sunday 17 December 1820: read the prayers and sermon to the prisoners, I have much satisfaction in stating that throughout the service the conduct of the prisoners was marked by a sense of the strictest decorum, after expressed to them the great satisfaction, I felt on having witnessed the orderly demeanour manifested by them on this occasion, I advised a uniform maintenance of the same good conduct, which had instilled them to my favour and opinion.

Folio 4: Thursday 21 December 1820: Handcuffed John Condliffe for taking some of the water and washing his things in the night in the prison and being insolent to boatswain's mates who detected him.

Folio 4: Saturday 23 December 1820: released John Condliffe from his handcuffs.

Folio 4: Sunday 24 December 1820: at 4am anchored at Spithead, went on shore and reported the ship to the commander in chief and the agent for transports.

Folio 4: Monday 25 December 1820: prisoners applied to be allowed a little wine it being Christmas day and having reason to be satisfied with their conduct, I ordered them to be supplied with two pints of wine to each mess of six convicts. Examined convicts on board the Leviathan and York hulks intended to be embarked on board of us part of the prisoners were put into the lighter for embarkation and afterwards returned to the hulk there being to much sea on to allow them to be embarked.

Folios 4-5: Tuesday 26 December 1820: received a soldier in lieu of the one sent to sick quarters.

Folio 5: Friday 29 December 1820: at 2 pm a cutter with convicts on board for us passed close to the ship but finding too much swell for getting them on board returned again to Portsmouth.

Folio 5: Saturday 30 December 1820: Received on board from the Leviathan thirty five male convicts and forty one from the York convict hulk and returned per order of Mr Capper superintendent of convicts at Lord Sidmouth's office three boys convicts received on board at Woolwich whom the master had a receipt served out one shirt and a pair of overhall trowsers to each.

Folio 5: Sunday 31 December 1820: appointed boatswain's mates among the new prisoners in the same proportion as the old.

Folio 5: Thursday 4 January 1821: sent a soldier to sick quarters and got another in his place.

Folio 6: Saturday 6 January 1821: handcuffed John Johnson for striking one of the other prisoners.

Folio 6: Monday 8 January 1821: released John Johnson, departed this life at 7pm William Rudge a convict after a twenty four hour illness.

Folio 6: Tuesday 9 January 1821: sent the body of William Rudge to the Leviathan as directed by the Agent for Transports, received dispatches for the governor of New South Wales and Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land and orders from the Navy Board to proceed for the latter settlement.

Folio 6: Friday 12 January 1821: received on board three women and two children the wives and children of three of the guard.

Folio 6: Sunday 14 January 1821: at 11 am got under weigh, read the prayers of the day and sermon to the prisoners who I have the pleasure to say still continue to be attentive.

Folios 6-7: Monday 15 January 1821: at 4 pm anchored in this [Dartmouth] harbour, on account of strong winds before which I had the irons taken off one leg of the following prisoners, John Bailey, William Benton, William Foxall, John Williams, William Sykes, Thomas Wooley, William Anock with whose conduct I have been much pleased since on board.

Folio 7: Tuesday 16 January 1821: ship being lying near the shore gave an order to the master to get from Mr T L Wills the contractor at this port fresh beef and vegetables for the guard settlers and convicts and an order to the said contractor to supply the master as above.

Folio 7: Wednesday 17 January 1821: some stealing among the prisoners which I have not been able to detect, received on board two quarters of beef weight 375 lbs and 70 lbs of vegetables.

Folio 7: Thursday 17 January 1821: handcuffed Samuel Hanger for insolence and refusing to assist in cleaning the prison.

Folio 7: Saturday 20 January 1821: Revered Mr. Glubb a clergyman of this place [Dartmouth] offered his services to come on board tomorrow and read the prayers of the day, for which I returned him my most hearty thanks and free permission to do as he proposed, released Samuel Hanger.