File of documents concerning a request for assistance and free passage to New South Wales, from Johanna Tailor, alias Nagle, Cork

Memorials of Johanna Tailor, alias Nagle, Cork, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking assistance until she is allowed travel to New South Wales, [Australia], to where her husband Bartholomew Tailor was transported. Noting that her brother, David Nagle, was sent to the colony of upper Canada, having provided information to the authorities during his trial and that she received a monthly allowance from Col Wilkinson and Maj Cater. Noting that Francis Murphy of the Penitentiary House, Cork can provide a reference for her. Also letters from S Carter, Kilmacthomas, [County Waterford], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, noting that David Nagle gave information on Whiteboy activities in County Cork and as a result Tailor’s life was in danger. Also letters concerning the granting of free passage to Tailor to join her husbands from Mr Hay, Downing Street, [London], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary; from H Hobhouse, Whitehall, [London], to Hay; from Hay, Colonial Office, to Gregory. 11 items; 24pp