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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Edward Minns was transported on the Adamant, departing 26th Mar 1821 and arriving 8th Sep 1821 with 144 passengers.
Adamant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 13 (8) |
| 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
Lynn, Nov 9. Taken into custody on Monday, David Robinson the younger, charged with committing a violent assault; and on Wednesday, ——— Minns, for stealing an ass. Norfolk Chronicle, 11 Nov 1820. LYNN, Jan. 18. On Monday, at our Sessions, before Mr. Deputy Recorder and a full Bench of Magistrates, Friday Angel, aged 19, for stealing two fishing rods and two walking sticks, from Mr. Whittingham ; and Wm. Minns, youth, for stealing a slm ass from J. Bray, were found guilty and sentenced to be transported for seven years. Norfolk Chronicle, 20 Jan 1821. LYNN, Feb. 1. On Monday last, Friday Angel and Edw, Minns were removed from our Jail to the Hulks. Norfolk Chronicle, 3 Feb 1821.
Adamant: Surgeon’s Log: National Archives ADM 101/1/2/2 1821 Folio 1: 19th March 1821; received eighty convicts from the Justitia, No sick. Folios 18-19: Edward Minns, aged 18, convict, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pain in his head and knee, no appetite, pulse quick and small, skin moist, bowels torpid; put on sick list 15 May 1821, discharged 18 May 1821. Folio 19: 20th May 1821; [stopped wine] the following- James Tanner, Samuel Davis, Thomas Sharble, Thomas Robinson, William Hall and Edward Minns for being extremely dirty.