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convict admin · 1839

In January 1839, the Governor directed that convicts would no longer be assigned to individuals whose spouse was not free, and that assignees marrying prisoners would have their servants withdrawn.

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— OCR Start — [ 179 ] Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 28th January, 1839. ASSIGNED SERVANTS. …

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New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 388, 6 February 1839.