Letters from individuals most of which relate to the Convict Department and to despatches...

Letters from individuals most of which relate to the Convict Department and to despatches sent from the governor in CO 37/151 to CO 37/153. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

• Rev W L Barnes (property of the deceased convict Robert Hall)
• Dr C H Butterfield (convicts on the Sir George Seymour, income tax deduction);
• Thomas Beadle and John Vesey (passage, pay advance);
• James Chubb, former Overseer of Convicts (pension);
• Thomas Catlin (claim to 17 days pay as convict guard);
• William Clay, Governor of Portland Prison (money advanced to convict officers, travelling expenses of Convict Officer Samuel Martin);
• Cox & Co (Governor's salary certificate);
• Joseph Cooper (Convict Department employment request);
• Patrick Dee (requests the mitigation of his son's sentence);
• Mary Edwards (pay due to her late husband convict Frederic Edwards);
• Colonel W H Eden (Attorney General John H Darrell's claim to appointment as Chief Justiceship, Solicitor General D Stewart claim to appointment as Attorney General);
• Sir Charles Elliot (Chief Justice Thomas Butterfield's request for a pension, John H Darrell's request to succeed Butterfield);
• Catherine Foley (requests the remission of convict Charles Foley's sentence) [not included in volume];
• Dr John B Foggo (140 Irish Convicts landed at Spike Island from the Markland, his return to Bermuda, pay, expenses, passage back, income tax deduction);
• James Farquhar (arrival of convicts on Sir G F Seymour, extra expenses incurred, assistance given by certain convicts during transport);
• J Gillard (advance of pay);
• W Head, Principal Overseer (advance of pay to Henry Falk, travelling expenses, his departure, advance of two months pay, payment of personal expenses, dismissal, defensive statement);
• Mary Hobson (requests the remission of her son convict Robert Hobson's sentence) [only the Colonial Office draft response is in the volume];
• J B Howes, Overseer (arrival at Portsmouth in charge of convicts on the Pearl);
• Rev Alexander Kemp (appointment of a solicitor general);
• Donald Lee (printing of convict forms);
• David Lawrie (£4 8s 5d claim of Thomas Thompson);
• W Morrish, Governor of Dartmoor Prison (money advanced to W Head and convict wardens);
• Sarah McMahon (convict Michael McMahon) [not included in volume];
• Patrick Mahony (Convict Department employment request);
• Mary Meagher (requests the mitigation of her son convict Patrick Maher's sentence);
• P F Newton (requests a pardon for convict William Darcey);
• Bishop of Newfoundland (passage for his visit to Bermuda);
• J H Paul (arrival in Cork on Markland in charge of convicts, refusal of assistance by Cork's port admiral, leave of absence, travelling expenses, pension, passage);
• Thomas Paisley, Subordinate Officer (agreement to conform to Convict Establishment rules);
• J Purdue, Stewart (leave of absence);
• M Pasco (money owed by Assistant Warden Thomas Beadle);
• Apsley Pellat (recommendation for Cyrus King);
• H B Rose (advances to convict officers);
• Sir W Reid (urges John H Darrell's appointment as chief justice);
• D Stewart, Solicitor General (asks for a decision concerning the appointment of an attorney general);
• Edmund Tucker (claim against Convict Wardens John Solomons and Thomas Redmond);
• Thomas Thompson, Convict Guard on the Markland (leave of absence request, his address, pay, passage);
• Edward R Thompson, Steward on the Markland (leave of absence request, his address, pay, passage);
• Dr Tucker, Rector of St Georges (requests a military commission for his second son);
• John Teasdale (enquiry after Clerk of Works John S Seward);
• Edmund Tucker (debt owed by former Assistant Warden Thomas Redmond);
• John Ward (travelling expenses);
• W Willcocks (passage, pay, allowance, superannuation);
• Charles Ward (advance of £3 to John Ward);
• James Williams (application for appointment as Deputy Governor of Bermuda Convict Prison);
• Richard Wills (return to England of Convict Warden Thomas Scannell);
• Williams Watts (enquiry concerning the property of deceased convict Williams Hawkins).

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