Petition of Mary Ann Bradshaw, Carrickfergus, [County Antrim], seeking free passage to accompany her husband who is to be transported to New South Wales

Petition of Mary Ann Bradshaw, Carrickfergus, [County Antrim], to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking free passage for herself and her nine children to accompany her husband, Dawson Bradshaw, a prisoner in Carrickfergus jail, who is awaiting transportation to New South Wales [Australia]. Also covering letter from [Charles] Brownlow, Lurgan, [probably to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], noting that ‘a very respectable family’ has an interest in the petition being granted. Also copy of reply [probably from Goulburn], to Brownlow, informing him that wives are not permitted to accompany convicts except on the recommendation of the Governor of the Colony based upon the convict’s good conduct. 3 items; 9pp