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John Mcmanigall 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 Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-32$init=CON31-1-32p110 |
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Unlike most of the other convicts on Buffalo, John McManigall, an Irishman, from Derry, was not a political prisoner, but had been convicted of murder. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-32$init=CON31-1-32p110 1854. John Mc Manigall, Per Buffalo, 12 Feb 1840, Tried at Province of Upper Canada, 22 May 1839, Life. Transported for murder. Sept 1841. Probn. Gang. Absent from chapel without leave. 16 Nov 1842. Neglect of duty, 3 days solitary confinement. Aug 22 1843. drunk at church. 3 mos hard labour. Not clear …. ….. Application for a T. of L. refused, to apply again in 4 months. 24/10/ 48. T.L. 2/4/49. appr. 13/7/52. ----------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p31 1854. John Mc Manigall 5 ft 2, age 26, ploughman, tried at Upper Canada, life. Native of Co. Derry -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Marriage Permission: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-3p105 John McManigall, Buffalo, and Mary Martin, free. Approved. 22 May 1849. -------------------------------------------------- Recommended for Conditional Pardons. John McManigall, Buffalo; The Cornwall Chronicle, 12 April 1851.