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Transportation
Linus Wilson Miller was transported on the Canton, departing 20th Sep 1839 and arriving 12th Jan 1840 with 241 passengers.
Canton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 98. Linc, Description List (CON18-1-5) and Conduct Record (CON31-1-32). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Internet Archive. |
| 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
Liverpool, Monday.— This morning, in consequence of information having been received that the Captain Ross has arrived with prisoners from Quebec, a great number of persons were congregated on the St. George's Pier. The Captain Ross anchored in Bootle Bay, and a steamer was sent out to bring back the convicts, who arrived about four o'clock, and were immediately conveyed to the Liverpool Borough Jail. A desperate attempt was made to mutiny during the passage home, but it was happily frustrated by the determination of Captain Morton, who placed the whole of the prisoners in heavy irons. Names of the prisoners brought by the Captain Ross, which sailed from Quebec, 22nd ultimo. — Alexander McLeod, T. Malcolm, John Grant, J. McNulty, B. West, John Vernon, N. Mellory, Paul Bedford, J. Wagoner, S. Chandler, L. Watson, W. Reynolds, L. W. Miller, William Alves, Robert Walker, James Gammell, George Cooly, Jacob Benut, G. Van Camp, James Brown, Ira Anderson, Randal Wilson, —— F. Farnell, James Lynn, B. O'Hare, Joseph Langwys, Joseph Hamel, James Thompson, Agnes Provost, Isidore Paré, Charles McLeod, Thomas Oliver, John G. Parker, and Baptiste Cadien. Eleven of the prisoners are heavily ironed.— (Correspondent.) Globe, Dec. 18. Launceston Advertiser, 9 May 1839.
Description List: Trade: Law Student - New York, Aged 22 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON18-1-5,232,204,L,43 Conduct Record: Transported for High Treason, Single http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-32,250,106,L,58 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/miller_linus_wilson_10E.html https://archive.org/details/notesofexiletova00mill
His autobiography, "Notes of an exile to Van Dieman's Land," primarily accounts for his involvement in the Canadian Patriot Wars, his capture, death sentence, appeal, commuted life sentence, and subsequent life sentence of exile to Van Diemen's Land, and eventual pardon. It is available still in print and online.