b'55CONVICTS AND HISTORIC444 was a stonemason by trade and by 1829 he had constructed Convict love tokens, one engraved S. T. 1799the York & Albany Inn and was the mason in charge during the and the other with monogram E. B. L., (2 items) construction of the St Peters Anglican Church in Oatlands. He $300500worked on many buildings throughout the Oatlands township. In 1833 he built the Lake Frederick Inn as a coaching stop, out of stone and 50,000 locally made bricks. Aitchison had 445 completed his convict sentence when he began constructing [VAN DIEMENS LAND] The Assignment System the Inn, and by this time was regarded as a fine mechanic, as 2 May 1833, original letter from the Principal Superintendentsgood tradesmen were typically described. The Inn was one of Office, to Josiah Spode, The Police Magistrate, Richmond,eight built in the town and until 1882 remained a hotel.being a request for a list of the names of the free settlers in$200300 the district in order for them to receive assigned servants.Convicts were assigned to free settlers through an application448lodged with the Governor. If convicts spouses were free,[VAN DIEMENS LAND] Seals of the Colony with the original some married convicts were able to be assigned to theirsignatures of Lieutenant-Governors JOHN FRANKLIN & spouse. Convicts were often listed as Government ServantsWILLIAM DENISON on the lower sections cut from two (GS) while serving time. Under this assignment system ofticket-of-leave documents; dated 14th July 1841 and 18th convict servants to free settlers, the towns of the colony wereSeptember 1847 respectively. (2 items).able to be built, including the building of houses, stables, barns, shops and hotels. In Van Diemens Land, convicts wereSir John Franklin (17861847) was a Royal Navy officer. managed under the assignment system until 1840, underAfter serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the which free settlers could be assigned convict labourers inUnited States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian return for feeding, clothing, and housing them. Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, in $2003001819 and 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemens Land from 1839 to 1843. During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage 446 in 1845, Franklins ships became icebound off King William [VAN DIEMENS LAND] Feb.1833 memorandum on behalfIsland in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847. of The Lieutenant Governor, who has dictated that theThe icebound ships were abandoned ten months later and the undermentioned convicts under sentence of imprisonmententire crew died.and hard labour for the period stated opposite their respective$300400 names, passed at Richmond, are to be disposed of as follows:-Robert Jones #403 Georgiana Hulk Chain Gang12 months 449George Williamson #560 Sir Godfrey Webster - 3 months in[VAN DIEMENS LAND] A CONVICT AT PORT ARTHURthe Richmond Detention Centre A Memorandum regarding the convict George Boor, written Principal Superintendent, William Gunn,by James Boyd, the Civil Commandment, Port Arthur, July The Police Magistrate Richmond 1860, allowing [ie forgiving] an addition of sixty (60) days to Robert Jones had been convicted at Middlesex Gaol andthe period he has gained by task work. Boors conduct while sentenced to Life. He sailed on the Georgiana with 183 otherat Port Arthur has been good.convicts, on the 28th September, 1832, and arrived in VDL onGeorge Boor, a ploughman from Lincolnshire, was tried 1st February, 1833. on 5 Jan.1836 for Stealing 1 shirt and 1 pair of stockings, George Williamson was convicted at York East Riding Quarterconvicted and sentenced to seven years transportation. Sessions and sentenced to 7 years. He sailed on the SirHe departed on 27 Aug.1836 on the Eden with 280 other Godfrey Webster with 181 other convicts, on the 4th August,convicts, and arrived on 22 Dec. 1836 in Van Diemens Land.1823, and arrived in VDL on 13th December, 1823. $200300 Principal Superintendent William Gunn: was appointed superintendent of the Prisoners Barracks, Hobart in 1826450and in 1832 he was placed in charge of the Male House of[VAN DIEMENS LAND] PERMISSION TO MARRY, 1850Correction. By 1850 his duties included police magistrateThe humble petition of Gavin Scott, a Ticket of Leave Holder at Launceston, a position he retained until his death inper John Brewer, and Phoebe Mansfield, Free, residing in the June 1868. Gunn famously did not have a right armdistrict of Hobart Town, craving permission to marry.as it had been amputated after being shot by oneThe request was addressed to the Governor, Sir William of the Matthew Brady Gang, which occurred whileThomas Denison. Gavin Scott was understood to be in he was in command of soldiers in action againstbusiness as Timber Dealer and his means are amply sufficient bushrangers. to maintain a wife. [the] petitioners are of the Protestant $300500Religion, and wish the ceremony of matrimony to be performed by the Reverend Mr Simpson of OBriens Bridge.447 Gavin Scott, one of 200 convicts transported on the John AN EX-CONVICT APPLIES FOR A LICENCE TOBrewer on 1 Dec.1841 had been convicted at Glasgow Court KEEP AN INN or PUBLIC HOUSE and sentenced for life on 30 Sept.1841. Phoebe Mansfield, November 1833 application by GEORGEborn in New Norfolk in 1830 married Gavin in Hobart in 1851. AITCHESON of OATLANDS to operate the LakeThey soon after moved to Launceston, giving birth one year Frederick Inn, being a printed document completedlater to their first son Gavin Mansfield. 5 years later they had in manuscript on behalf of the JPs Thomas Anstey anda daughter Lily, and ten years later, another son named Gavin. John Whitefoord. They were to have two more daughters and a son.Aitchison had been convicted at Edinburgh and$300500 sentenced to 14 years in prison. He was sent to VDL on the Hibernia on 20th Nov. 1818 with 158 other convicts. They arrived on 11th May 1819. Aitchison'