Letter : Van Diemen's Land, to the Right Hon. Edward G. Stanley. 1835.

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Letter : Van Diemen's Land, to the Right Hon. Edward G. Stanley. 1835.

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Letter from Sir Arthur George, Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania, 1823-1837, Van Diemen's Land, dated 6th February 1835, to the Right Hon. Edward G. Stanley, Earl of Derby. Re: the abolition of transportation of convicts.

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