MANUSCRIPT
Lighting, R, fl 1889 : Journal of his voyage to New Zealand on the Arawa as valet to the Hon. Algernon Egerton
- Date
- Oct 1889-May 1890
- By
- Lighting, R, active 1889
- Reference
- MSX-2894
- Description
Travel journal by Lighting who was the valet to the Hon Algernon Egerton. Diary begins on 31st October 1889. The first part of the journal describes the voyage via Cape Town and Hobart to Wellington on the SS Arawa, then onto Auckland on SS Patricia via Picton, Wellington, Napier and Gisborne. After a stay in New Zealand the party continues to Sydney then onto France aboard the steamer `Yarra'. Returns to London on the 7th May 1890 after a journey of seven and a half months.
Inside cover includes two stamps "Remember Edith Cavell" (1915) and "Remember Lusitania" (1915).
Rare account of a travel journey by a 19th Century servant, valet R Lighting. Also in the travelling party were Hon Egerton, his wife and her maid, 18 year old Marquess of Downshire and his valet, Jack Cackswell, and Dr Kingsley.
Accompanying material - Notes from bookseller.
Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 pages).
Physical Description: Holograph; brown box
Provenance: End page contains a provenance note relating to the diary recorded by one of Lighting's children.
- Additional description
Fragile
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s) (100 pages), Diaries, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Postage stamps, Holograph; brown box
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