FLORENTIA

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[Andrew Henderson, Surgeon and Superintendent, Convict Ship 'Florentia'.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Andw. Henderson'), providing Messers Scott & Rymer with information about the convicts William and David Wilson, whom he conveyed to Van Diemen's Land

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Andrew Henderson, Surgeon and Superintendent, Convict Ship 'Florentia' [William Wilson and David Wilson; Van Diemen's Land; Tasmania]
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'Convict Ship "Florentia" | Sheerness - 31st. July 1830.'
£490.00

3pp., 4to. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed, with four postmarks, on reverse of second leaf, 'To | Messrs. Scott & Rymer | Solicitors at Law | Edinburgh'. After the preliminary courtesies Henderson writes: 'William and Andrew Wilson joined the "York" Convict Ship at Woolwich from the Justitia hulk on the 1st. April 1829, under rather a bad character, having made themselves obnoxious to the Superintendent of that Hulk'. He discusses their improved conduct, and how they were 'both landed at Hobart Town in "Tasmania" - or "Van Diemens Land" on the 8th. Septr.

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