A Journey to America in 1834

OF THE PIKE, BOLTON
PRIVATELY PRINTED
1919
One hundred copies printed for the Editor by J. B. Peace, M.A. at the University Press Cambridge. October, 1919.

( The numbers indicate pages in the Journal )

By Robert Heywood
The Britannia , 125 feet long. Number of persons on board: 27 engaged on the vessel, including the Captain, two mates, two cooks, two stewards and a carpenter, with nine passengers, making, with 152 steerage passengers, a total of 188.
The Captain, Wm. Sketchley, an experienced seaman having crossed the Atlantic 132 times—very attentive to the wants of the steerage.
List of passengers:
Mr. Bassnett from Preston, has been a good deal in Canada, also in the West Indies and Holy Land.