| Title: | [?], St John's, N.B. to Sir John Gore Booth, [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 3950 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1841-50/20 |
| Year | 1849 |
| Sender | People in charge of the Ship Aeolus |
| Sender Gender | unknown |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | St John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | Sir John Gore Booth |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | re passage |
| Source | British Parliamentary Papers, 1849, X1, (122) p 123. |
| Archive | The Main Library, The Queen's University of Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9804812 |
| Date | 05/06/1849 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 188 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Appendix to Minutes of Evidence Before Select Committee Appendix X Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart. Patridge Island Honoured Sir, St.Johns N.B. June 5th 1847 We beg leave to inform your honour that we have arrived on the 31st of May Inst. after five weeks passage all in good health with the Ecceptions [exceptions?] of a few which was removed to hospital we intered [interred?] twenty-six on our passage who was weak and destitute before we left home on the Evening of the 25th of April we had a dreadful strom[storm?] the Sea washing fore and aft we had to close the hatches and nail them down and all passengers on board Ecpected [expected?] a watery Grave our Captain paid very good attention during the voyage and particularly during the Storm which Continued for four days the passengers are thankful to their Captain for the distributation [distribution?] of provissions [provisions?] giving all the same Justice, the widows orphans and sick were kindly treated our Captains advice to his passengers had a good effect there was not a single riot or a stroke struck during the voyage. The passengers are thankful to Henry Gore Booth Esq. for the good store of provissions [provisions?] and good quality put on board the Ship AEolus of Greenock. A list of Commitee [Committee?] of the Ship Aeolus Mathias Ferguson, Head Maneger [Manager?] : Edw. [Edward?] Johnston James Munns Robt. [Robert?] Grey Bryan Feeney Patrick Gillon Patt [Patrick?] Feeney Hugh Crystal Patt [Patrick?] Boyle Patt [Patrick?] Hart Michl [Michael?] Smith Denis Gilloon Thomas Reelly [Reilly?] Charles Jones Wm [William?] Ferguson John McLovney Wm [William?] Johnston Thomas Gillin [Gillen?] Owen John Patt [Patrick?] McLoughlin Patt [Patrick?] Heraghty Andy [Andrew?] Gilloon John Gillian Adam Johnston |
