1818: James Kelly / Mary Kelly
Object number: 2008.0039.0028


1818: James Kelly / Mary Kelly
Object number: 2008.0039.0028
Details
This token may relate to James Kelley, 17, who was tried and convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery on 28 October 1818 for the theft of a lead pump, the property of Thomas Payne. In his defence, Kelley stated: ‘My young master asked me to carry it’. He was sentenced to seven years’ transportation, and sailed for New South Wales on the Grenada in May 1819.
Diameter: 35mm, thickness: 3mm
Front:
Pierced token crudely engraved with cursive text:
Remember
me
Mary Kelly
Back:
Pierced token crudely engraved with cursive text:
James
Kelly 17
Lagd 7 Yrs
1818
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tyson
8th May 2023
daddy chill