Westland - Journal of John Hillary, Emigrant to New Zealand, 1879

Acorn Editions, 1979, hardback.
Very good second-hand condition.

This is the diary of J.H. Hillary who, with his wife and six children, travelled to New Zealand from the small north-eastern English town of Tow Law to New Zealand aboard the clipper ship Westland. The family returned to England just a few months later aboard the steam barque John Elder, having been unable to find employment during the depression of 1879...