Petition of Bridget McAleese, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, requesting assistance to join her husband Daniel McAleese who was transported to New South Wales, Australia

Petition of Bridget McAleese, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting assistance to join her husband Daniel McAleese who was transported to New South Wales, Australia, ‘for the term of his natural life’; claiming that because of his good behaviour her husband has obtained leave for his family to join him and that she entertains an expectation of being sent by the government of Ireland ‘free of expense’ to that colony. Also damp press copy reply from Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, to McAleese, stating her name is not among the list of persons intended to receive such an indulgence. 2 items; 4pp