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William Porter was transported on the Recovery, departing 5th Apr 1823 and arriving 30th Jul 1823 with 169 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
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Colonial Secretary Index. |
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https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4106889 ADM 101/63/61822-1823 Journal of the convict ship Recovery for 19 November 1822 to 4 August 1823 by Peter Cunningham, Surgeon and Superintendent. (Described at item level). The first part of the journal is in diary form with daily entries covering the daily routine of cleaning decks and allowing prisoners on deck, temperature measurements, provisions opened, names of those admitted or discharged from the sick list and the number on the list. The second part of the journal, from folio 28, covers the treatment of some of the sick in more detail. Folio 30: W Porter, [age not recorded], Convict; disease or hurt, newly discharged from hospital where he was receiving salivation for venereal [disease], the gums not yet well, caught cold in the brig and has catarrh and diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 5 March 1823, Cork Harbour. Discharged, 12 April 1823.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. William Porter, age 21, Recovery (2) 1823, Tried Fermanagh Co., 7 years, DOB 1802, Native place, Fermanagh, Reaper. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. PORTER, William. Per "Recovery", 1823. 1823 Aug 4 - On list of convicts landed from the "Recovery" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.4)