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Letter from Charles O'Hara Booth to Matthew Forster, 15 September 1843
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Letter from Charles O'Hara Booth to Matthew Forster, 15 September 1843
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DLADD 72
Record identifier
nGm4rZyY
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Letter from Charles O'Hara Booth to Matthew Forster, 15 September 1843
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Letter from Charles O'Hara Booth to Matthew Forster, 15 September 1843
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Date
15 September 1843
Call Numbers
DLADD 72
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1 folder - 0.02 Meters
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
In this letter Booth reports that four convicts have escaped from Port Arthur in a homemade canoe.
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Letter from Charles O'Hara Booth to Matthew Forster, 15 September 1843
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952
Exhibited in
On the Run. Daring Convict Escapes
Administrative / Biographical history
Charles O'Hara Booth was commandant of the penal settlement at Port Arthur from 1833 to 1844. Matthew Forster was Chief Police Magistrate in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) from 1831 to 1843.
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
DLADD 72
Record Identifier
nGm4rZyY
Permalink
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4rZyY
— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
448981
