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Title
Thomas Edmund Quiggin diary, 1879-1880
Creator
Thomas Edmund Quiggin
Call number
MLMSS 1905
Level of description
fonds
Date

1879-1880
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
422430
Physical Description
1 folder of textual material
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Writer, from the Isle of Man
Scope and Content
Diary of a voyage from Plymouth to Sydney, 3 Oct.1879 - 9 Jan.1880 in which Quiggin describes conditions and life on board the ship, which he does not name, behaviour of Irish immigrants, weather conditions and births and deaths during voyage
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-473 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Available for reference
Subject
Travelers--Diaries.
Voyages and travels--19th century.
Ireland--Emigration and immigration--19th century.

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