Maritime Archive and Library
An outline of Liverpool's role as a gateway for emigration during the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes details of the relevant records held at the Archive, with a useful bibliography. Records include:
Passenger tickets, correspondence and other ephemera
A number of songs written for emigrants to the New World
The pamphlet Practical Hints for Emigrants to our Australian Colonies, Liverpool, 1858
Posters
Passage Narratives, ie diaries and letters
The Cunard Line's indexed notes, statistics, sailing information, laws, regulations and agreements regarding emigrant traffic to Mediterranean ports
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