The James Gammell Chronicles

Welcome to The James Gammell Chronicles. The purpose of this blog is to provide a gathering place for the living descendants of James Gammell and his siblings, as well as interested friends and historians. If you are a new visitor, you may want to begin by reading the Preface, posted January 4, 2010, and then proceed chronologically through James' life story.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Aftermath of the Rebellion

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President Martin Van Buren had not been successful in obtaining pardons for the American citizens imprisoned by the British. He had made on...

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Letter to the New York Plebeian

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William Lyon Mackenzie After his arrival James stayed just one week in New York City. During that time he was overwhelmed with visitors anx...

Monday, April 12, 2010

The Exile Returns

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Whaling ships, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1901 (from Wikimedia Commons) Quitting the good city of old Manhatto, I duly arrived in New Bedf...

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Friday, April 9, 2010

The First to Escape (Part II)

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On January 27, 1842, James Gammell received his ticket-of-leave, and he recognized immediately that this change in his convict status opened...

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Monday, April 5, 2010

The First to Escape (Part I)

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Hobart Town by Allan Carswell, 1821 (from Wikimedia Commons) At the end of their two-year probationary period of hard labor on the road ga...

Friday, April 2, 2010

The Cat-O’-Nine-Tails

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During their years in the British penal system, both on the hulk and in Van Diemen’s Land, James and his fellow Patriots were constantly und...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Port Arthur

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Penitentiary at Port Arthur, Tasmania taken 2008 GNU Free Documentation License, Wikimedia Commons Linus Miller and Joseph Stewart had not ...

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Liz: When I have completed my research and writing, I plan to publish this material in a hard copy book that can be passed down to future generations. -Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist, d. of Raymond William Gammell, s. of Horace Blake Gammell, s. of William Andrew Gammell, s. of James Gammell.

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