Martha Ford - Journal of a voyage from Gravesend to Sydney, in the 'City of Edinburgh', 1836-37, tog...
Martha Ford - Journal of a voyage from Gravesend to Sydney, in the 'City of Edinburgh', 1836-37, tog...
Martha Ford - Journal of a voyage from Gravesend to Sydney, in the 'City of Edinburgh', 1836-37, together with her commonplace book, 1832-1853
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1832 - 1853
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7605/Box 1X
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4567, frames 1-129 (MLMSS 7605)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D14423/a1491.html
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
November 1836 - 9 July 1837; Journal kept by Martha Ford during a voyage on the City of Edinburgh which left Gravesend in December 1836 and sailed via the Cape of Good Hope to Sydney. She was accompanied by her husband, Samuel Ford, their infant son and a maidservant. During the voyage the Fords became extremely friendly with Arthur Wilcox Manning...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Martha Ford - Journal of a voyage from Gravesend to Sydney, in the 'City of Edinburgh', 1836-37, together with her commonplace book, 1832-1853
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Microfilm copy made Jan. 2006.
Digital order no: Album ID : 823653
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Hordern House, October 2005
Administrative / Biographical history
Martha Ford (nee Wilcox), and her husband Samuel Ford, were missionaries with the Church Missionary Society. Samuel Ford was New Zealand's first resident medical surgeon.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7605/Box 1X
Record Identifier
YdmdpmP9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmdpmP9
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Reference code
447125
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