Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth, 1851-1920 : Diary

Date
26 Sep 1876-23 Jan 1877
By
Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth, 1851-1920
Reference
MS-Papers-10633
Description

Written in the form of a letter to relatives at home, the diary gives details of shipboard life including the dislike of the matron assigned to the single women, cooking difficulties, storms, deaths, Christmas drunkenness and mutiny.

Sarah Stephens travelled with her family on the Cardigan Castle from Gravesend, London to Lyttelton. The ship was effected by fever and quarantined for nearly 3 weeks on arrival in New Zealand.

Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Mersyside Maritme Museum, Liverpool, England

Additional description

Alternative form available: Also on Micro-MS-Coll-20-2910 (Merseyside Maritime Museum)

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Format
1 folder(s) (19 leaves), 0.01 Linear Metres, Diaries, Personal narratives, Typescripts, Photocopies, Transcriptions (Documents), Typescript (photocopy)
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