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 37/156 and CO 37/157. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

• Mrs M Beglin (effects of her late husband, convict Hugh Beglin);
• George Brittain (advance of pay);
• Samuel Bennett (recommends Henry Bate as Convict Department messenger);
• Edward Baughan (application for Convict Department employment);
• William Bate (accepts appointment as Siren engineer; travel arrangement; salary);
• Dr C H Butterfield (convicts' arrival; James Killard's death) [not included in volume];
• Robert Bullen (one month's pay);
• Cox & Co (Governor Murray's salary certificate);
• Robert Clough (money due to former convict Robert McKee);
• Cunard & Co (Mr Dickey's passage);
• Thomas John Crout (application for assistant superintendent of convicts);
• Samuel Chubb (requests additional leave of absence; forwards Mr Young's address to Dr Butterfield; pay advance);
• Dr W H Dickey, Assistant Surgeon (arrival in charge of convicts; passage to Halifax; leave of absence);
• Lieutenant Colonel Robert Dawson (salary for clerk of works; recommends Henry Heathcote Russell as Clerk of Works);
• D E Domville (application for Convict Department chaplaincy; declines position);
• Richard Daniel (application for warden);
• John Elliot, Surgeon (discharge of wardens who returned with convicts on the Castle Eden);
• Dr G Everett (accepts appointment of chief medical officer; withdraws acceptance);
• C F Edwards (asks to defer departure in order to accompany Captain Pasco; repayment of travel expenses);
• A Ferguson (arrival with six convicts on the Cornwallis; expenses and gratuity; forwards address);
• Henry Froud (application for Convict Department employment);
• Gray & Sons (passages of convict officers);
• George Goulstone (application for Convict Department employment);
• G T Graham (recommends R Preist for appointment as dispenser warden);
• John M Goulding (application for Convict Department chaplaincy);
• J B Howes (complaint about his non-promotion to overseer of Boaz Island; travelling expenses; advance of pay);
• William Head (complaint about his dismissal);
• J Hardinge (application for Convict Department employment) [not included in volume];
• James C Jones (application for assistant warden);
• Thomas Jessop (application for assistant warden);
• James Isaacs (application for Convict Department employment; testimonials);
• Mary Ann Jones (pay due to late brother Convict Warden William Eagle);
• Sergeant William Knowles (his departure, passage);
• Thomas Kealy (application for Convict Department employment);
• W Ledham (testimonials for promotion claim);
• John Laird (furniture and supplies for colonial steamer; departure of the Siren; building certificate for the Siren; plan of Siren on tracing paper);
• J W Lambert (application for Convict Department employment; withdraws application);
• Joseph K Moore (passages of convict wardens);
• A B Morgan (differences between himself and the Department Superintendent; leave of absence extensions request; pay; passage allowance);
• Captain McLeod (rejection of Convict Department appointments by two soldiers);
• William Moffatt (application for Convict Department employment);
• Floratio Morgan (recommends Michael Dean as Convict Department dispenser);
• Dr Macloughlin (need to investigate cause of yellow fever; requests parliamentary paper regarding origin of yellow fever; points out deficiencies in the commissioners' report);
• H Paisley (enquires about Overseer Thomas Paisley);
• M Pasco (Thomas Beadles' debt to a loan society);
• Thomas Pearce, former Warden (requests assistance; sends certificate of good conduct);
• Captain Pasco (supplies and uniforms for the Convict Department; instruments for the Tenedos hulk hospital; passages of convict wardens; plan of Siren on tracing paper; postage on letters of subordinate convict officers; urges enlargement of government cemetery; appointment of clerk of works; microscope for Convict Department; convict officers' pay; gratuity to Assistant Warden Ferguson; controversy between A B Morgan and the Convict Department Superintendent; need for a fourth schoolmaster; requests a pension for Mrs Mantach; requests order to view Portsmouth prisons; forwards proposal to establish a widows' fund for convict officers; passage for wife of Assistant Schoolmaster Malone; Mr Belvin's superannuation; expense statement for Portsmouth visit; his pay; box for transporting books; books for storekeeper; barometer, sextant and charts for the Siren; salaries of clerks, stewards and schoolmasters);
• A Pulford (enquiry regarding convict Thomas Henry James);
• Frederick Palmer (application for warden);
• Rev J Robson (application for Convict Department chaplaincy; thanks for appointment; declines appointment);
• G H Roberts (application for dispenser of medicines);
• J J Russell (conditionally accepts appointment as clerk of works);
• Benjamin Stone (application for warden);
• David Symes (his passage);
• Charles Stapels (application for assistant warden);
• Edwin Symons, Lieutenant (application for Convict Department employment);
• R W Smith (application for Convict Department employment);
• Major Stewart (requests convict appointment for Sergeant Hugh McGuinness);
• Captain Schomberg (losses of convict officers on board the America);
• Jane Symons (remittance of £13 from her brother John Wellman);
• John Townley (Sergeant Knowles' acceptance of Convict Department appointment);
• William Tildall (application for Convict Department employment);
• William Tilley (claim against Police Constable Ferrick);
• A B Taylor (application for Convict Department dispenser);
• W Watts (property of W Hawkins);
• Walter Wilcocks, former Convict Department second mate (requests increase in his pension; states amount of pay and allowances; requests free passage);
• P Williams (application for assistant warden; thanks for appointment; passage allowance);
• W R Waddell (application for Convict Department employment);
• William Yates Brand (application for Convict Department employment);
• William Young (arrival in charge of convicts on Sir G F Seymour; travelling expenses; Dr Butterfield's passage; surplus supplies; convict officers' telegraph messages regarding the America; departure on the Canada).

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