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A Conditional Pardon For Mary Ann Beddow December 1846 Van…
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15-Jul-2018
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A Conditional Pardon For Mary Ann Beddow December 1846 Van Diemen's Land Conditional Pardon on vellum, signed by Charles Latrobe and with the seal of the Colony largely intact at left. Extremely rare. Beddow had been sentenced to seven years transportation at her trial at Glamorganshire, Cowbridge Quarter Sessions in April 1840. She arrived in September 1842, one of 204 female prisoners aboard 'Royal Admiral'. Of the 76,000 convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land between 1803 and 1853, approximately 12,500 were females.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents