Record

Document Reference	Os C 299
Title	Letter from H. Denison, Brighton, Sussex, to J.E. Denison; 11 Mar. n.y. [1846-50]
Date	11 March 1846-1850
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that he has been discussing transporation with Lord Mahon; believes Mahon lacks knowledge of merits of assignment; refers to colonies including Gibraltar and Bermuda; believes convicts in Australia are better off than free emigrants; contrasts Pentonville punishment to transportation; comments on convict labour.
Term	emigration
	colonies, Bermuda
	colonies, Gibraltar
	punishments, transportation
	colonial affairs, convicts
	penal system, prisons
	colonial affairs, labour

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9855	Stanhope; Philip H. (1805-1875); 5th Earl Stanhope; styled Viscount Mahon 1816-1855 historian	1805-1875
NA8650	Denison; Henry (1810-1858); Mr; barrister brother of J.E. Denison	1810-1858
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873