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Description
A receipt made out to Martin Sherriden in Portland for $96 for passage from Liverpool to Boston for eight persons.
The receipt, from Harnden & Co. is dated March 27, 1847 and is for steerage passage, head money and bread stuffs for the passage.
Martin Sheridan was born in Ireland and lived in Portland.
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About This Item
- Title: Liverpool to Boston ship passage receipt, 1847
- Creator: Harnden & Co.
- Creation Date: 1847-03-27
- Subject Date: 1847
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Locations:
- Liverpool, England
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 2366, Box 1/1
- Collection: Kerr family collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration
- Irish Americans--Maine
- Ocean travel
- Receipts (Acknowledgements)
- Transatlantic voyages
- United States--Emigration and immigration
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