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From that period the infection extended itself almost
through the whole ship. The Chief male died.

The Ship is now made more roomy by the
second deck.

In March of April 1777, I was called upon to
provide another Ship of the same Tonnage. I
provided a ship for People mostly from Assizes.

I put one of my own Jamaica Ships there
of about 260 Tons, as I could find none in the River
fit for the service.

I found a man of war that Government had
a thought of parting with and in June I applied
to the Secretary of State for his assistance to obtain
that ship in order that I might have her
ready before the Hot weather which was then approaching.
I bought that Ship: her Tonnage was
731 Tons.

I fitted her up, and was assisted by Mr Banks
and Mr Solander in forming the Hospital. They

They advised me to provide Hammocks, which
I did and had the Convicts put into them. I
soon found the Hammocks did not answer: they
were too hot, although each man had a Hammock
to himself.

In the meantime I was preparing the Platforms.
I took down the Hammocks. I tried them about
a month: the men grew more sickly in them.
I think they are not so good for the prisoners: they
did not like them themselves. The men found them inconvenient
on account of their chains.

They had Hammocks at the beginning of June and
beginning

Identifier: | JB/119/037/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	037	Info in main headings field	hulks penitentiary system
Image	003	Titles	minutes on convicts' act
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	39548
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