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Aaron Dresser was transported on the Buffalo, departing 28th Sep 1839 and arriving 12th Feb 1840 with 90 passengers.
1833 - Voyage. Transported; 179 Female Convicts and 25 Children 1839 - Voyage. On 28th September 1839, the Ship Buffalo left Quebec, Canada, taking 144 prisoners to Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales, following the Patriot War in Canada in 1837-38. Some of the prisoners were French Canadians patriots and others were American patriots, captured after the Battle of the Windmill. The Ship went first to Van Diemens Land, arriving at Hobart on 11th February 1840, where most of the American prisoners were landed, and then went on to Sydney, arriving on 26th February 1840, where the 58 French speaking prisoners were landed. They were separated mainly because there was hostility between the Americans from Lower Canada and the Canadians from Upper Canada. The prisoners were in the main, literate, idealistic and honest men.
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| Primary Source | Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p29 |
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Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p29 1458. Dresser Arron Jun. 5 ft 10 ½. Age 23 Windsor chair maker, tried at Upper Canada, life. Native of New York State. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-12$init=CON31-1-12p46 1458. Aaron Dresser. Tried 5 Dec 1838, in Province of Upper Canada . Life. Transported for piratical invasion of Upper Canada. Single. The Lieutenant Governor has had under consideration in the Executive Council the report of The Chief Police Magistrate of the circumstances connected with the capture of the two Bushrangers, Jeffs and Conway; and His Excellency, with the unanimous advice of the Council, has approved the following Rewards being granted to the six parties hereinafter named, by whom the capture was effected: Thomas Cannell, 2222, per Recovery, 14 years, a Free Pardon, and the sum of Thirty-three pounds three shillings and eight pence. Joseph Marsam, 997, per Katherine Stewart Forbes. 14 years, T.L., a Free Pardon, and the sum of Thirty-three pounds three shillings and eight pence. Matthew Berry, 1133, per Roslyn Castle, 14 years, T.L , a Free Pardon, and the sum of Thirty-three pounds three shillings and eight pence. Edward Quin, 28. per Bussorah Merchant, life. T.L.. a Free Pardon, and the sum of Thirty-three pounds six shillings and eight pence. Aaron Dresser, 1468, per Buffalo, life, T.L., a Free Pardon, and the sum of Thirty-three pounds three shillings and eight pence. Stephen S. Wright, 2658, per Buffalo, life, T.L, a Free Pardon, and the sum of Thirty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence. The Cornwall Chronicle, 1 July 1843.