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Title
John Murray's journal, November 1839 to May 1843 transcribed by Neil Gentle, 1993
Creator
John Murray
Call number
MLMSS 9399
Level of description
fonds
Date

1993
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1003236
Physical Description
0.05 meters of textual material (1 folder)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

'John Murray sailed from the Clyde, 31st October 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson 21st February 1840 after a prosperous passage of 103 days in the barque Bengal Merchant, Captain Hemery.' (Reference: page 1 of journal).
Scope and Content
Transcribed by Neil Gentel from a photocopy of the original held in the Auckland Public Library.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Neil Gentle
Description source

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014
Creator/Author/Artist
Gentle, Neil
Name
Bengal Merchant (barque)
Subject
Immigrants--New Zealand--Diaries.
Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand.
New Zealand--Description and travel--1840-1950.
Voyages and travels--19th century.

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