Catalogue description Folio(s) 53-55. Account [an enclosure in folios 65A-65B] from Duncan Campbell of the...

Folio(s) 53-55. Account [an enclosure in folios 65A-65B] from Duncan Campbell of the expense of keeping convicts sentenced to be transported to Africa, America, New South Wales and 'beyond the seas' on the Stanislaus hulk in Woolwich [Kent] from 12 October 1790 to 31 December 1790. Account includes the hire of a vessel and maintenance costs at 11d per convict per day, with a deduction for one convict who escaped. Campbell notes that there were 227 convicts on board on 31 December 1790. Also a statement by Campbell, of Adelphi [Westminster], merchant, attesting to the accuracy of the list of convicts held on the Stanislaus hulk, sworn before [R Abington].