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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to America |
| Author | Hooton, Jacob; Hooton, John; Knight, Isaac |
| Date | 16 Aug 1837 - 13 Jun 1858 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | DX/526 |
| Library / Archive | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
| Description | A collection of letters. One from Jacob Hooton to his son John and two from John Hooton to his mother. The final letter is from Isaac Knight to Mrs Simmonds. They detail family news and health; two offers to charter for passengers to New York; getting a cargo of sugar to Cuba and taking a boy to work on ship. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Remigration |
| Places | Bristol, London, England; Cardiff, Wales; New York, Savannah, Georgia, Apalachicola, Florida, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Cuba |
| Keywords | fever, disease, emigration, family, money, import, reverse migration, health and sickness |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
