Extracts from the Blacker manuscripts and Raeburn manuscripts at the Armagh County Museum. 1764-1853.

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Extracts from the Blacker manuscripts and Raeburn manuscripts at the Armagh County Museum. 1764-1853.

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1) Blacker manuscripts. Typescript abstract entitled "Wentworth family". It contains recollections "of D'Arcy Wentworth and his two sons, one of who became a soldier and the other a surgeon who was convicted of highway robbery and transported to Botany Bay where his son also was a surgeon of some eminence". 2) Raeburn manuscripts. A six page typescript account of a voyage to Australia in 1852-1853. The journal, probably written by Samuel Pillow, concerns the voyage of the emigrant ship "Digby". Mention is made of some of the Irish passengers by name and gives brief descriptions of events on board ship and on arrival in Melbourne.

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Pillow, Samuel

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Wentworth, D'Arcy, 1762-1827

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Doctor, arrived in Sydney in 1790, Superintendant of convicts at Norfolk Island, 1791-1796. Principal surgeon of Civil Medical Department 1809-1819, Superintendant of police 1821-1825. From the description of Certificate, 1805 Apr. 16. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225794115 ...

Digby (Ship)

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Armagh County Museum.

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Wentworth family.

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