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Voyage
Transportation
James Lawrence was transported on the Indefatigable, departing 30th Sep 1814 and arriving 26th Apr 1815 with 202 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. (Details of the 1812 sailing are to be found under separate listing for Indefatigable and Minstrel.)
Indefatigable (generic)References
| Primary Source | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/8. NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, NRS 937, Reels 6004-6016 & Convict List HO10/16. Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 179 (91) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
National Archives. Hulk Records HO-9-8_2 page 20. Langston Harbour, Portland hulk Received six prisoners from Lancaster, May 29, 1814. James Lawrence, age 19, Felony. Tried Salford, 27 April 1814, 7 years, NSW per Indefatigable.
On prison hulk ship Perseus, moored at Portsmouth, received 29 May 1814 Aged 19 years Tried 27 April 1814 in Salford for Felony Transferred to Indefatigable 29 April 1815 on list of prisoners disembarked from the Indefatigable & forwarded to Liverpool for distribution
Was re-transported.
Biography Alias Blind Larry: The Mostly True Memoir of james Lawrence, the Singing Convict
At the Quarter Sessions, which commenced on Wednesday at the New Bayley Court House, the Rev. W. R. Hay, Chairman, the following prisoners have been tried, viz: To be transported 7 years -James Lawrence, for stealing gold seals; ... Manchester Mercury, 3 May 1814.