Booth, Thomas. Papers, 1857 - 1859. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/56.
My gg grandparents, Samuel and Elizabeth Harris travelled to NZ in 1859 on the clipper ship the Tornado. This blog contains the story of that journey and the people on it, told mainly through the diaries of Alexander Campbell, Thomas Booth and a "Glasgow Emigrant" as well as other information I have stumbled over from time to time.
Friday, August 9, 2013
4 September 1859
4th. A very dull morning with a strong wind but not very cold. About one o'clock the surcharged (?) clouds sent a smart shower after which the wind died away and the sea became much smoother until about midnight when the wind spring up again and we sailed well most of the night.
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