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Voyage
Transportation
Anthony Curran was transported on the Friendship, departing 24th Aug 1799 and arriving 16th Feb 1800 with 161 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
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Convict Notes
1823 - Murdered.1823 - 13 Mar. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Thu 13 Mar 1823. Page 1. Classified Advertising ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD will be paid, by the undersigned, to any Person who can give such Information as will lead to the Prosecution to Conviction of the Offender or Offenders, who caused the Death of Anthony Curran. TERENCE FLEMING. 1823 - 13 Mar. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Thu 13 Mar 1823. Page 3 Classified Advertising Mr. Anthony Curran, my Husband, all Persons, indebted to the said Estate, are hereby requested immediately to settle their respective Accounts. March 11, 1823._ISABELLA CURRAN,