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CreditGift of Carroll Guerin
This document was digitized thanks to the generous support of Sun Life Financial
Scope and Content
This document
chronicles Thomas Guerin's 87-day journey from Montreal to Melbourne,
Australia, in 1860. His work as an engineer obliged him to leave his family for
four long years. Among other things, the journal describes the heart-wrenching
goodbyes that preceded his departure. It also relates daily life on board the
Fisher, Ricard and Co. ship, the James Bayley, the people he met, his
activities and his reflections. In addition, he discusses the captain, Bartlett
Smith Mayo, describing him as a boorish opportunist.
Notes
Language: The document is in English.
Last
update: June 5, 2018
Status
Not on view
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