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Michael Morin 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$init=CON31-1-32p110 |
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From “The Patriot War along the Michigan-Canada Border: Raiders and Rebels” by Shaun J. McLaughlin: Horace Cooley and three other exiled Patriots, Michael Morin, William Reynolds and Jacob Paddock – escaped from Sandy Bay Probation Station after being on the island for just four months. Search parties found them three weeks later suffering from severe hunger. As punishment, the convict superintendent sent them to Port Arthur for two years.
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-32$init=CON31-1-32p110 1853. Michael Morin, Per Buffalo, 12 Feb 1840, Tried at Province of Upper Canada, 28 Dec 1838, Life. Transported for Piratical Invasion of Upper Canada. Single. June 9 1840. Absconding. To be removed to Port Arthur and there held to Hard Labour 2 years and recommended to be worked by himself. Approved Port Arthur under this sentence conduct to be specially reported. See Lt Gen. Decision, 5 June 1840. 6 Nov 1840 Misconduct – 25 lashes. T.L. 19.5.43. 30 Sept 1844. ?? Free Pardon 1 July 1845. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-8$init=CON27-1-8p31 1853. Michael Morin, 5ft 3, age 34, Joiner, tried at Upper Canada, life. Native of Bordeaux, Note. P.U. -------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENT NOTICE. No. 78. Colonial Secretary's Office, 27th June, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to grant Absolute Pardons to the under-mentioned prisoners, who were convicted at Courts Martial held in Upper Canada, in the years 1838 and 1839, of high treason, and of feloniously invading the Province of Upper Canada, and sentenced to death, but which sentences were commuted to transportation for life: Thomas Baker, Jehiel H. Martin, John Berry, Andrew Moore, Chauncey Bugby, Michael Morin, Michael Fraer, Thomas Stockton, William Gates, Riley M. Stewart, Joseph Leforts, John C. Williams. By His Excellency's Command, J. E. BICHENO. The Courier, 2 July 1845.