File of documents concerning a request from Anne Kelagher for free passage to New South Wales to join her husband, Francis Delamere

Memorial of Anne Kelagher, care of John Irwin, Governor of Carrick on Shannon Gaol, [County Leitrim], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking free passage to travel with her family to Sydney, New South Wales, [Australia], to join her husband, Francis Delamere, who is a convict there. Also letters of recommendation from Rev John Maguire, catholic pastor of Kiltubride and Rev George D Mansfield, Church of Ireland rector of Kiltubride. Also letter from Francis Delamere, Sydney, to John Payton, Justice of the Peace, Porte, Carrick on Shannon, requesting his assistance and noting that he is a native of Kiltoughart and is the nephew of Bartholomew Kybryan. Stating that he works for a family named Broughton on their 4700 acre estate at Mulwearey or Goulburn Plains, 200 miles west of Sydney. Includes annotation from Irwin. 3 items; 7pp