| Title: | Directions for Emigrants. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3916 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1811-20/60 |
| Year | 1816 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | New York, USA |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re suggestions for emigrants |
| Source | The Belfast Commercial Chronicle, Saturday, 23 March, 1816 |
| Archive | The Linenhall Library, Belfast. |
| Doc. No. | 9809173 |
| Date | 23/03/1816 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:09:98. |
| Word Count | 287 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | PASSENGERS TO AMERICA. A gentleman in New-York, writing to his friend in this town, directs the particular attention of passengers to the following suggestions :- "Passengers" he says "should in all cases furnish themselves with the following documents, viz, a receipt from their captain or Consignee for their passage, stating their terms, and to what port in the United States the vessel is bound ; a Newspaper also, containing her advertisement has in many instances been useful. Although these documents are unnecessary in regular and established vessels, on which there are some to almost every port, yet in cases of transient ships, particularly those from our eastern ports as well as your own transient ships), they become highly important for this reason ; those vessels are sent, say to New-York, for a freight, they load here and proceed to Belfast ; then they are put up for New-York or Philadelphia, and having got their passengers on board, they make some excuse, and instead of coming here, they run right home, and thus leave deluded passengers to find their way to New-York the best way they can ; and thus much inconvenience and heavy expense is incurred, to say nothing of the delay, which is always considerable. Now in all such cases, the documents above described being produced in our Courts, will recover from the Capt in the expence of transportation from wherever they are landed to the original destination of the vessel. Their importance therfore, is obvious, and they should in no case be omitted the smallest hope of saving the lives of all on board. The vessel is unloading, and it is hoped will be enabled to put to sea very shortly, if the weather moderates. |
