Immigration list and papers, May Queen ship
Production date
09 Aug 1879
07 Nov 1879
Object detail
Brief Description
Immigration list and papers, May Queen:
(a) Memorandum No 293 to Immigration officer Napier. Informs the date the May Queen sailed, with 202 immigrants aboard.
(b) Memorandum No 326 to Immigration Officer at Napier. Informs that the May Queen has set sail from Plymouth.
(c) Memorandum No JM 80/426 re passenger money.
(d) Memorandum No 798 re passengers on May Queen.
(e) Memorandum No JM 79/1252 re assistant matron on May Queen
(f) Official certificate of the May Queen. Provides details on size of ship, the master, the sailing information, passage price per adult. Notes the surgeon, matron, schoolmaster and its arrival date. Includes numbers for: those assisted and those nominated; various nationalities; and immigrants landed. Also notes the passage money.
(g) Letter No 798 - re passengers on board the May Queen
(h) Letter No 800 - from Walter Kennaway - duplicate of No 798.
(i) Letter dated 8 November 1879 from W H Weddell, Surgeon on board the vessel. Notes births and dates and other medical information from the journey.
(j) Letter No 207 dated 16 March 1880 re Mrs Longstaff and her daughters and weather or not to refund their passage fees.
(k) Grouping of letters and memorandums regarding Mrs Longstaff and her daughters regarding refunding the fares paid.
(l) Immigration book listing the 204 names of the immigrants who sailed on August 1879 on the May Queen.
(a) Memorandum No 293 to Immigration officer Napier. Informs the date the May Queen sailed, with 202 immigrants aboard.
(b) Memorandum No 326 to Immigration Officer at Napier. Informs that the May Queen has set sail from Plymouth.
(c) Memorandum No JM 80/426 re passenger money.
(d) Memorandum No 798 re passengers on May Queen.
(e) Memorandum No JM 79/1252 re assistant matron on May Queen
(f) Official certificate of the May Queen. Provides details on size of ship, the master, the sailing information, passage price per adult. Notes the surgeon, matron, schoolmaster and its arrival date. Includes numbers for: those assisted and those nominated; various nationalities; and immigrants landed. Also notes the passage money.
(g) Letter No 798 - re passengers on board the May Queen
(h) Letter No 800 - from Walter Kennaway - duplicate of No 798.
(i) Letter dated 8 November 1879 from W H Weddell, Surgeon on board the vessel. Notes births and dates and other medical information from the journey.
(j) Letter No 207 dated 16 March 1880 re Mrs Longstaff and her daughters and weather or not to refund their passage fees.
(k) Grouping of letters and memorandums regarding Mrs Longstaff and her daughters regarding refunding the fares paid.
(l) Immigration book listing the 204 names of the immigrants who sailed on August 1879 on the May Queen.
Production date
09 Aug 1879
07 Nov 1879
07 Nov 1879
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Soft covered journal: ink on paper.
Letters and memorandums - printed and ink on paper.
Letters and memorandums - printed and ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 385 x 242mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject date
1879
Other number(s)
15356
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