Webster, William Dawson

Production date
1858
1850-1859
 Description
William Dawson Webster was born on the Amelia Thompson during the voyage from England to New Plymouth.
When he was sixteen years old, Webster travelled to Sydney, Australia on the schooner Seagull (August 1858). He was accompanied by two New Plymouth boys (young men?) Percy Bayley and Fred Windsor.
Describes the sailing conditions on the trip from New Plymouth to Sydney and return in the schooner Seagull via Manukau Harbour and Onehunga, captained by Captain Champion.

Object detail

Production date
1858
1850-1859
Subject person
Classification
journal/(for Archives)
Item list

  Part 1

1.) Letter. From W. G. Higget? to Mr Skinner regarding the transcript of W. D. Webster's journal. 23 Sept. 1936.

2.) Transcript. Handwritten transcript of the journal by W. H. Skinner.

3.) Transcript. Typewritten copy of (2.).

Accession number
ARC2001-149
Collection type
Archives

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