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There is a Bond and a
Contract from Mr Davy, Clerk of the Peace and Justices, for the transport of Richard Bond, Bampfield Moore Carew, William Crocker, Abraham Hart, Edward Browne, John Smith, Judith Daw and Mary Underhill to Virginia. Bampfield Moore Carew's name is inserted in the Bond only. The
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His first trick involved a “Madam
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towards the end of his life. This may have been because of an offer of support from his relative, Sir Thomas Carew of
Bickerton, winning a lottery, or simply age and weariness. Some editions of the
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was first published in 1745. Although it states that the contents were "noted by himself during his passage to
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trade of transporting convicts was common from the West
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