Notes of an Exile to Van Dieman's Land: Comprising Incidents of the Canadian Rebellion in 1838, Trial of the Author in Canada, and Subsequent Appearance before Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, in London, Imprisonment in England, and Transportation t…

xi, [1], 378 pp. Sabin 49037, Howes M-613. A firsthand account of the 1838 Canadian rebellion, and the author's subsequent imprisonment in Tasmania, which was called Van Diemen's Land until 1856. It was used as Australia's primary penal colony from 1800-1853. "Linus W. Miller, a twenty-two year old American lawyer who was transported to Van Diemen's Land as a state prisoner from Canada after becoming involved in the 1838 Canadian rebellion, arrived on the 'Canton' in Hobart Town on 17 January 1840. Returning to the US after his pardon, Miller wrote a book 'Notes of an Exile in Van Diemen's Land' in 1846." (Union Songs Research Archive). He dedicated the work to William H. Seward.