Guide to the Diary of John Smith (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M1135

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2018

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Diary of John Smith, the surgeon on board the barque Clyde, which transported 215 male convicts from Kingston, Ireland, to Sydney, 24 April 1838 - 15 September 1838 (File 1)

The diary refers to: Smith's examination of prisoners at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, the transfer of clothing, medicines, food, drink and other provisions, the sickness of some convicts, the departure of the Clyde from Kingston (11 May 1838), punishment of convicts for fighting, stealing and insubordination, the gradual removal of irons, the weather, dancing, cleaning of the decks, treatment of sick convicts, sighting of ships, landing at Cape Town (21 July 1838), the transfer of 20 military convicts from the Cape, the admission of convicts to hospital, sightings of whales and porpoises, cases of scurvy, the arrival at Port Jackson (10 Sept. 1838), payments to convicts, disembarkation, and a muster before the Colonial Secretary.

Certificates and other documents, 1809 - 1838 (File 2)

Includes the correspondence of John Smith and certificates of appointment, 1811-1834.

Letter from Bernard Murray, a convict on the Clyde, to Smith, thanking him for his kindness and reffering to Murray's convictions (Item)

Poster reproducing a letter from Lord Howick to the High Contable of Westgate, 27 April 1831 (Item)

Certificate appointing Smith as assistant surgeon on the hospital ship Gorgon, 30 March 1811 (Item)

Certificate appointing Smith as assistant surgeon on HMS Diligence, 31 January 1812 (Item)

Letter of instructions to Smith as surgeon on the convict transport Surrey, signed by Lord Melbourne, 27 March 1834 (Item)

Certificate appointing Smith as assistant surgeon on HMS Isis, 13 July 1809 (Item)

Certificate appointing Smith as surgeon of the sloop Harock, 11 May 1815 (Item)

Certificate appointing Smith as surgeon superintendant on the convict transport Surrey, 21 February 1834 (Item)


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