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McMahon, Sean John Daniel, 1961- : Air - Hardy tar / transcribed by Sean McMahon (electronic transcription of manuscript at fMS-Papers-9183)
- Date
- 27 Oct 1840 (transcribed 2008)
- By
- McMahon, Seán John Daniel, 1961-
- Reference
- MSDL-0382
- Description
Electronic transcription of ode composed by an unknown author in honour of Captain Henry King, and sung at the dinner given the first settlers, prior to sailing to New Zealand, 1840. Manuscript notes in the heading `Air - Hardy Tar'. Manuscript is annotated `Holsworthy - Oct 27th 1840'. King worked the Bude and Holsworthy Canal as a barge master, hence it is likely the dinner was held in the town of Holsworthy.
Captain Henry King sailed to New Plymouth aboard the `Amelia Thompson' in 1841.
Source of title - Transcribed from item
Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project
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- 1 Electronic document(s), Electronic documents, Songs, Transcriptions (Documents)
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McMahon, Seán John Daniel, 1961-. McMahon, Sean John Daniel, 1961- : Air - Hardy tar / transcribed by Sean McMahon (electronic transcription of manuscript at fMS-Papers-9183). Ref: MSDL-0382. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23251772More information can be found in our terms of use.