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1931.65.9

Convict pass, in glass frame with [1931.65.10]. [SM 01/07/2008]


1931.65.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Convict pass, in glass frame with [1931.65.10]. [SM 01/07/2008]
Long description
The following is written on the pass" No. 723 POLICE OFFICE, HOBART TOWN. June first 1829. THE BEARER John Brady a Prisoner, Servant to the crown has permission to pass this Day to Thos. Anstey Esq. at Oatlands and return on or before the sixth day of December next. To whom it may concern. [signed] Jonah [illegible name] This pass is to be taken on the Day the Bearer arrives in the District, to Mr. [?]Mackerrey Constable of Oatlands who will write is name and the date on which it is exhibited to him hereon, and en-ter the same in his Book. - This Pass is to be returned to the Police Office by the Bearer; and should he have occasion to return before this Pass is out, he must leave it at the Police Office on the Day he arrives in Hobart Town; and should anything prevent the Bearer from leaving Hobart Town on the Day this Pass is dated, he is immediately to return it to this Office. [reverse of pass] "Description of John Brady Heigh 5/6 3/4 Hair Brown Eyes Grey Age 39 Native Place Le[illegible writing] Exhibited Day of 182 constable [SM 01/07/2008]
Person
Field collector Thomas Anstey
PRM source Wilfred F. Anstey
Date / Period
Date made: 1829
Date collected
1829
Acquisition information
Donated: 1931
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Process Printed, Process Written
Dimensions
Length: max 143 mm, Width: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.65.9
Research and responses

OATLANDS: An historic town on the Midlands Highway, 90 Km north of Hobart. http://www.wwt.com.au/townsno.htm [AP 10/8/2001]

Search terms: Writing, Status, Punishment and Torture, Message-bearer