Letter from Mrs Hughes, seeking the permission for free passage from Cork to New South Wales in Australia, where her husband was previously transported

Letter from Anne Hughes, [74 Camden Street, Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking the permission of government to have free passage with her two children from Cork to New South Wales in Australia, where her husband was previously transported. Also copy letter from Goulburn to Major James Palmer, inspector generals of prisons, Dublin, acknowledging his transmission of a petition from Elizabeth Hughes for permission to depart for Botany Bay, Australia. Remarks her application has been rejected ‘as women can only be sent to New South Wales, when their husbands have by their good conduct proved themselves deserving of such an indulgence’. 2 items; 4pp