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Thomas Moor was transported on the Recovery, departing 26th Oct 1835 and arriving 25th Feb 1836 with 283 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 195 (100) |
| 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
Warwickshire General sessions. HOUSE STEALER CONVICTED. THOMAS MOORE, for stealing a bay gelding, the property of James Payne.—The prisoner took the horse to Wm. Whitehead, blacksmith, of Berkswell, to have some shoes put upon him. He said he had ridden him 6 or 7 miles, and wanted to about the same distance further. The blacksmith seeing the distressed state of the horse, and also of his feet, told the prisoner he should detain him, upon which he ran away, and was taken shortly afterwards by the witness.—The prosecutor is farmer of Brooknail, Northamptonshire, and missed the horse on the ?of March last. The horse detained by Whitehead was sworn to by the prosecutor. Guilty.—To be imprisoned for 4 calendar months in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour, and then to be transported for life. Leamington Spa Courier, 21 March 1835. ---------------------------------------------------- York Hulk Records. HO-9-9_6 Received from Warwick, 13 Aug 1835. Thos. Moor, age 30, Horse stealing, tried at Warwick 17 March 1835, 4 months & Life, NSW 19 Oct 1835.