Ticket of leave for William Anson, 16 May 1828

MLDOC 925
Ink on paper
Purchased from the Estate of TD Mutch in 1959

A ticket of leave (TOL) was a document given to convicts when granting them freedom to work and live within a given district of the colony before their sentence expired or they were pardoned. TOL convicts could hire themselves out or be self-employed, they could also acquire property.