Convict Love Token - 1819 - John
This token may relate to Thomas Jones, 16, shoemaker, who was tried and convicted at the Middlesex Gaol Delivery on 17 February 1819 for the theft of a shawl from John Brown's draper's shop on the corner of Parliament Street, Whitehall, on 2 February 1819. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Jones sailed for Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the Guilford on 12 May 1820. Jones's indent records that he measured 5 feet 3 ½ inches (1.6 metres), had dark hair and a fair to ruddy complexion. Jones appears to have made tokens for two people: this one for his brother John, and one for Mary.
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with cursive text:
T Jones
transported
for 7 years
Agd 16
March 1
1819
Front
Token engraved with cursive text:
Dear John
take not this
amiss for your
unfortunate
Brother has
sent you
this
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
