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Combing through the Watertown Daily Times, I found this article from 1929:
Newspaper Clipping from 1929:
April 11, 1929 - Watertown Daily Times
HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOW HAS DOCUMENT OF THE PATRIOT WAR
The Patriot War of 1837 to 1838 is especially interwoven with the history
of northern New York and yet the Jefferson County Historical society has
never had any memento or document connected with the affair. On Tuesday the
first document was received when Rodney Whitney and family of Evans Mills
gave to the society the pardon which had been issued to Mr. Whitney's
father, Riley Whitney, who had been imprisoned on the Island of Van
Diemen's Land.
According to the document, Riley Whitney had been tried at Upper Canada in
1838, convicted of feloniously invading the province and was sentenced to
death. This sentence was commuted to transportation for life. For seven
years he was imprisoned on the Island of Van Diemen's land which is now
known as Tasmania. By order of Queen Victoria on March 1, 1845, he was
pardoned of the crime and one July 16, 1845, Sir John Eardley Wilmot,
baronet, and lieutenant governor of the Island of Van Diemen's land, issued
the pardon according to the queen's mandate.
On the back of the pardon is also contained a description of the features
of the prisoner and his signature. His height is stated to be five foot
three inches, he was 35 years of age, his headlong, his hair black, his
visage long and his forehead high. His eyebrows were black, his eyes hazel
and his nose small, while under the remarks, it is stated that there was a
mole on his left cheek.
Shirley Farone
My website:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs2000
Patriot War:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs2000/pa-index.html
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