Admiralty letters to Plymouth Division, 08 October 1786-11 June 1787

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Item ff.128-186
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Subjects include: formation of an establishment of Marines to accompany ships to Botany Bay 'for the protection of the settlement intended to be made there as well as for preserving good order and regularity amongst the convicts'; the taking of wives and children to Botany Bay; that the officers chosen to go are not to exchange without permission of Admiralty; Captain Coutts to go to Botany Bay; firearms; Lt. Creswell has volunteered; Lt. J. Furzer has volunteered; allotment of Marines to ships; supplies of checked shirts; issuing of light clothing; that Marines are to embark before convicts; desertion of Lt. James Morrison.
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