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  • The narrative brought from New South Wales to England by the returning colonial surgeon John White.

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Alternative title: A Narrative of the Sufferings of T.F. Palmer, and W. Skirving, during a voyage to Botany Bay, 1794, being by the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, found guilty of Sedition, and sentenced to be there transported, the one for seven, the other fourteen years. Interspersed with remarks, on the the Cruelties inflicted on the other passengers and convicts, but the Captain of the Surprise Transport, in which they sailed.
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       1797 .
      Extent: 22p.
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      • A long extract from The Monthly Review, Feb., 1797.
      • Ferguson 256
      • Printed for James Machell and Son.
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Art. 57. A Narrative of the Sufferings of T. F. Palmer, and W. Skirving, during a Voyage to New South Wales, 1794, on board the Surprize Transport. By the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, late of Queen's College, Cambridge. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Robinsons. 1797. 1797 single work review
— Appears in: Monthly Review , February vol. 22 no. 1797; (p. 236)
— Review of A Narrative of the Sufferings of T. F. Palmer, and W. Skirving, During a Voyage to New South Wales, 1794, On Board the Surprise Transport Thomas Fyshe Palmer , 1797 single work correspondence prose

A sympathetic review, describing the treatment that the ‘Scottish Martyrs’ were subject to during their transportation to Botany Bay as inhumane, and “exceeding, by far, all that we have read or heard of the sufferings of the unhappy negroe slaves in their passage from Africa to the places of their destination.” The reviewer regarded Palmer’s account as truthful and accurate, and disbelieved the allegation that he was involved in a conspiracy to murder the captain of Suprize and commandeer the transport ship. The review concluded with a reflection on Palmer’s favourable account of “the settlement at Sydney Cove” and the good climate enjoyed by the convicts settled there.
Art. 57. A Narrative of the Sufferings of T. F. Palmer, and W. Skirving, during a Voyage to New South Wales, 1794, on board the Surprize Transport. By the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, late of Queen's College, Cambridge. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Robinsons. 1797. 1797 single work review
— Appears in: Monthly Review , February vol. 22 no. 1797; (p. 236)
— Review of A Narrative of the Sufferings of T. F. Palmer, and W. Skirving, During a Voyage to New South Wales, 1794, On Board the Surprise Transport Thomas Fyshe Palmer , 1797 single work correspondence prose

A sympathetic review, describing the treatment that the ‘Scottish Martyrs’ were subject to during their transportation to Botany Bay as inhumane, and “exceeding, by far, all that we have read or heard of the sufferings of the unhappy negroe slaves in their passage from Africa to the places of their destination.” The reviewer regarded Palmer’s account as truthful and accurate, and disbelieved the allegation that he was involved in a conspiracy to murder the captain of Suprize and commandeer the transport ship. The review concluded with a reflection on Palmer’s favourable account of “the settlement at Sydney Cove” and the good climate enjoyed by the convicts settled there.
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