Inheritance Claim of Transported Convict in Van Diemen's Land

Transportation and Inheritance. An 1838-40 correspondence (2…
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Transportation and Inheritance. An 1838-40 correspondence (2 autograph letters signed, 4 draft letters, 1 document signed), largely between Henry Meredith and John Foster, 10 pages total; Birmingham and Potter Heigham, proving the claim of John Barber, a transported Convict living in Great Swan Port in Van Diemen's Land, to a share of his grandfather's legacy.

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