NRS-1154 | Indents: "Gorgon", "Royal Admiral", "Kitty", "Bellona", "William", "Surprise", "Indispensible"

This is a collection of the original, signed, witnessed and stamped indentures, and the assignments from the ship's masters to the governor, for the Gorgon 1791, Royal Admiral 1792, Kitty 1792, Bellona 1793, William 1793, Surprize 1794, and Indispensible 1796.This volume also includes:1. Certificates from the sheriff or the clerk of the high court of judiciary for the transportation of Scottish prisoners who came by the Pitt and other ships prior to the arrival of the Surprize; and lists of Scottish convicts sent to Edinburgh to be transported.2. Copies of the certificates for the Scottish prisoners by the Surprize amongst them four of the five "martyrs", Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Maurice Margarot, William Skirving, and Thomas Muir. (1)Other papers for these ships are in NRS 1150.(4/4002). 1 vol. Endnote1. G.D. Richardson, The Archives of the Colonial Secretary's Department, New South Wales, 1788-1856. "The University of Sydney, Department of History. Thesis for the Degree of Master of Arts, February 1951" for the Scottish martyrs see Michael Flynn, Settlers and Seditionists: the people of the Convict Ship Surprize 1794. Sydney: Angela Lind, 1994.Note: This description, as amended, is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本数据集收录了经签署、见证并加盖印鉴的原始契约文书，以及各船船长向总督提交的相关指派文件，涉及1791年戈耳工号（Gorgon）、1792年皇家海军上将号（Royal Admiral）、基蒂号（Kitty）、1793年贝洛娜号（Bellona）、威廉号（William）、1794年惊奇号（Surprize）与1796年不可或缺号（Indispensible）。

本卷宗另收录如下内容：
1. 由郡长或高等司法法院书记员出具的、针对在惊奇号（Surprize）抵达前驶抵的皮特号（Pitt）及其他船只所载苏格兰囚犯的移送证明，以及被押送至爱丁堡待移送的苏格兰罪犯名单。
2. 惊奇号（Surprize）所载苏格兰囚犯的移送证明副本，其中包含五名“殉道者”中的四位：托马斯·费什·帕尔默牧师（Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer）、莫里斯·马加罗特（Maurice Margarot）、威廉·斯基灵（William Skirving）与托马斯·缪尔（Thomas Muir）。(1)

上述船只的其他档案文件留存于编号为NRS 1150的档案中（档案子号：4/4002）。本卷宗共计1册。

注释1：G.D. 理查森（G.D. Richardson），"The Archives of the Colonial Secretary's Department, New South Wales, 1788-1856"，悉尼大学历史系，1951年2月提交的文学硕士学位论文。关于苏格兰殉道者的相关内容参见迈克尔·弗林（Michael Flynn）所著"Settlers and Seditionists: the people of the Convict Ship Surprize 1794"，悉尼：安吉拉·林德出版社，1994年。

注：本说明经修订后摘录自《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》2000年第3版。