Evidence: | 'When the circumstances of my arrest came to be known, some of the newspapers commented severely on the harshness of the treatment used towards me; and particularly the "Colonial Times", a well-conducted Hobart Town paper, which warmly urged that meetings should be held, and petitions adopted by all the colonists, both of Van Diemen's Land and Australia, praying for the "pardon" of all those gentlemen known as the "Irish State Prisoners". When I saw the article this morning, I immediately wrote a short letter to the "Times", commencing thus - I suppose - it will be accounted another act of "contempt"...' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 9 Jun 1851 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia (Van Diemen's Land) | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Longford county: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) location in dwelling: at lodgings |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Mitchel |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1815 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason |
Religion: | Presbyterian family |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Australia (Van Diemen's Land) |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Colonial Times |
Genre: | Politics, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12806 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Mitchel | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Jail Journal | |
Place of Publication: | Dublin | |
Date of Publication: | 1913 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 258 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 258, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12806, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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