Evidence: | Short way into the voyage, surgeon receives a letter from one of the convicts:
'He then mentions the influence which the perusal since he came on board of some treatise on the "barren fig tree" had produced upon his mind - the insight it had given him into his character, and then alludes to some of the great and precious promises of the gospel; especially to those contained in Matt xi the chapter we had read in our usual course the proceeding evening. He makes also grateful reference to the first chapter of the prophecies of Isaiah.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 5 Oct 1842 and 31 Dec 1842 | ||||||||||
Country: | At sea, on voyage to Australia (Van Diemen's Land) | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: on board convict ship, the Earl Grey | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | convict |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | At sea, on voyage to Australia (Van Diemen's Land) |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [the barren fig tree] |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | probably a tract published by the Religious Tract Society |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
Record ID: | 13094 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Colin Arrott Browning | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Convict Ship | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1844 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 91 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Colin Arrott Browning, The Convict Ship (London, 1844), p. 91, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13094, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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