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BARQUE OF LONDON, PETER HAMILTON, MASTER, BURTHEN 250 TONS
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 21ST JANUARY 1848

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
HAMILTON PETER MASTER     CREW Sailed London
24 July 1845
Norfolk Is.
9 Jan. 1848
    22 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading 400 Barrels
Sperm Oil
TAYLOR HENRY CAPT.     CREW Died Inflamation
Of Kidneys

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1826 - 1900; Part Colonial Secretary series covering 1845 - 1853, reels 1272 [4/5227] -1280 [4/5244].   Transcribed by Lyn Mulcahy.

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