Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/64/20
Title
Thomas Langford voyage journal
Date(s)
- 1853-1974 (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
20pp
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Thomas Langford's voyage journal from County Laois to Middlesex County, Canada West (now Ontario) via Liverpool in 1853 as published in Donal Begley (1974), 'The Journey of an Irish Emigrant to Canada', The Irish Ancestor 1.
Per Begley: 'In 1853, Thomas Alexander Langford, a Methodist from Co. Leix, sailed on the ship, "New World," to join his uncle Isaac in Canada. His ship left Liverpool on Oct. 26; meeting terrible storms in the Irish seas, and generally unfavorable weather throughout the voyage.'
Included are Kerby A. Miller's typed and handwritten transcripts of the journal and a photocopy of the published source material.