File of letters concerning a request from Catherine Laffan, Knockaney, County Limerick, to join her convict husband in New South Wales

Petition of Catherine Laffane [Laffan], Knockaney, County Limerick, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking free passage to travel with her family to New South Wales, [Australia] to join her husband, Patrick Laffan, who was transported there for having being a party to the abduction of a young woman. Also letter from Hill Longford, Sydney, New South Wales, to Rev J Preston, vicar of Alney, Bruff, [County Limerick], noting that Laffan was in his service and is now employed at Peakeville Hunters River. Also covering letter from Preston, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, claiming that the convict was not guilty of the crime for which he was sentenced. 3 items; 9pp