Prisons and Hulks: Correspondence of Whitbread, March 1810-July 1811

Component identifier:: File 4988-97
Content Summary:: Concerning conditions on the Retribution and other convict hulks and accusations of acts of sodomy on board the hulks. The correspondents include Dudley Ryder, John Beckett, Aaron Graham, Richard Fryer and Thomas Thompson. In addition to letters, there are reports by Graham on complaints about the hulks, a copy of Graham's instructions to the captains of hulks regarding management and economy (4992), a statement of the daily allowance of food for convicts (4990) and a statement by Richard Fryer and seven others on the evidence regarding sodomy (4997).
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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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