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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D4734/10/5
TitleLetters from William Adlington Howitt during his voyage to Australia, his stay there with relatives (mainly Anderson family) and his return voyage, mainly to parents, brothers and sisters
Date1885-1886
DescriptionIncluding:
Voyage out (D4734/10/5/1-7) including references to life on board, Gibraltar (D4734/10/5/3), Malta and concert on board (D4734/10/5/4), Cairo and the Pyramids (Egypt), meteor shower (D4734/10/5/5-6), Colombo (Sri Lanka) (D4734/10/5/7), many containing a log of daily events Nov-Dec 1885; time spent with relatives in Melbourne, Barragunda, Sale etc (Australia) (D4734/10/5/8-21) including references to unseasonable Christmas weather (D4734/10/5/11), killing shark (D4734/10/1/14), koala bears and visit to Lake Wellington (D4734/10/1/18)
Dec 1885 - Mar 1886; return voyage May 1886 (D4734/10/5/22), passenger tag (D4734/10/5/23), illustrated card for Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo (D4734/10/5/24)
Extent24 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHowitt family of Heanor, Derbyshire and Nottingham
TermTravel abroad
Ocean travel
Letters (documents)
British Empire
Colonialism
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
EgyptCountry
Australia 
Sri Lanka 
MaltaCountry
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