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Alexander Stewart was transported on the Recovery, departing 5th Apr 1823 and arriving 30th Jul 1823 with 169 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
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| Primary Source | Sydney Gazette, 6/10/1828. Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4106889 ADM 101/63/61822-1823 Journal of the convict ship Recovery for 19 November 1822 to 4 August 1823 by Peter Cunningham, Surgeon and Superintendent. (Described at item level). The first part of the journal is in diary form with daily entries covering the daily routine of cleaning decks and allowing prisoners on deck, temperature measurements, provisions opened, names of those admitted or discharged from the sick list and the number on the list. The second part of the journal, from folio 28, covers the treatment of some of the sick in more detail. Folios 31-32: Alexander Stewart, aged 20, Convict. Put on sick list, bad cough with expectoration, impaired appetite, headache and abdominal pain, with irregularity of the bowels. Put on sick list, 11 March 1823, Cork. Discharged, 7 July 1823. Claimed to have received a severe beating from the jailer at Cork some months previously, since when he had been ill. The symptoms were aggravated on his arrival on the Recovery and the vomiting and some other symptoms became worse on putting to sea. He also suffered convulsive paroxysms. He remained in a debilitated state a long time, 118 days in the sick list.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Alexander Stewart, alias Stuart, Steward, age 20, per Recovery (2) 1823, tried at Antrim Co, 7 years, DOB, 1803, native place, Donegal Co. Tobacco spinner. Matrimonial CONSOLATION.- At Antrim Assizes, on the 19th ult, Alex. Stewart was convicted for stealing hat, and sentenced to be transported for 7 years. The prisoner, on receiving sentence, said, “It is better than a bad marriage.” Glasgow Sentinel, 10 Oct 1821.
Certificate of Freedom 1828.