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

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.