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CONVICT LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA
Catalogue reference: GB 0026 D4716
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This record is about the CONVICT LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA dating from 1841.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GB 0026 D4716
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Title (The name of the record)
- CONVICT LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter from James Foster of Ilkeston, Derbyshire regarding his transportation to Australia in 1841.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Derbyshire Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Foster, James, fl, 1841, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The item was given by a private individual in July 1997.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1834 James Foster of Ilkeston was convicted of stealing a silver watch and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He sailed in 1835 and arrived in Australia in early 1836. He wrote to his parents in Ilkeston in 1841, when his sentence was nearly complete, giving some information on his time in Australia and his plans for the future. He hoped his family would come to Australia. In the event the family stayed in Ilkeston and James Foster's letter passed to his half-sister and her descendants.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d4fb4dd8-1472-40a8-a54e-40c02a6a55aa/
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CONVICT LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA