Series 6 - Official Papers of the New York Commissioners of Emigration, Relating to the Voyage of the James Foster, Junior, 1869

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P/P155/68/6

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Official Papers of the New York Commissioners of Emigration, Relating to the Voyage of the James Foster, Junior, 1869

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  • 1869 (Creation)

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Kerby A. Miller created his abstract from papers held in the New-York Historical Society (now part of the New York Historical). The full committee report resulting from the investigation is available for viewing at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c025721741.

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Kerby A. Miller's abstracts and summaries of letters pertaining to the ship James Foster Junior filed as part of an 1869 investigation by the New York Commissioners of Emigration into the conditions aboard the ship which resulted in the deaths of four passengers during a transatlantic voyage.

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