Emigration Learning Resource 4: Sources
Source A: West Grinstead Parish Records: Miscellaneous Papers 1849-1852, item 4
Account of money spent on the Tourle family’s journey to America (ref. Par 95/38/7/4)
Transcript
Amount of money Received and Expended Respecting William Tourle and Family West Grinstead Going to New York in the Ship Westminster
| £ | s | d | £ | s | d | ||||
| 1849 Oct 27th | Received of Mr John Bristow | 20 | – | – | 1849 Oct. 25th | Paid deposit money for Tourle and family £15 | 15 | – | – |
| Expenses of journey to London to pay deposit money etc.s | 1 | 10 | – | ||||||
| Paid Mr. Richard Rapley for Conveying the family to Horsham | 10 | – | |||||||
| Refreshment at Horsham | 5 | – | |||||||
| 28th | Do. Of Mr John Coates | 47 | 10 | – | Expenses to London Bridge Station | 1 | 18 | 4 | |
| Paid for conveying the family and luggage from London Bridge Station to the London Docks | 14 | 6 | |||||||
| Total received | 67 | 10 | – | Paid wharfage for luggage | 8 | – | |||
| ” expended | 67 | 10 | – | 30th | Paid the remainder of passage money | 23 | 10 | – | |
| Paid Mr. Whyte for Provisions, Beds and [ ] etc. | 9 | 17 | 9 | ||||||
| Paid porter at the London Docks | 2 | – | |||||||
| Expenses in London for Myself Tourle & Family | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Expenses home | 18 | 10 | |||||||
| 56 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Paid to William Tourle after on board of the Westminster | 11 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| 67 | 10 | – | |||||||
| George Thorns |
Source B: West Grinstead Parish Records: Miscellaneous Papers 1849-1852, item 5
Receipt of goods bought near London Docks (ref.no. Par 95/38/7/5)
NB s = shillings d = [old] pennies
Items bought were:
Tobacco 1 oz? [ounce?] 2s 6d)
Ham and bacon 8 lbs? [pounds?] £3 4s 8d
Butter 16 [ounces?]
Jar 2s 0d
Lard 6 [ounces?] 4s 6d
Cheese [?] 4s 4d
Raisins 2 boxes? 4s 0d
Mustard }
Pepper } Some of each 2s 6d
Salt }
Soap 3 [?] 2s 0d
Candles 3 for ship? 3s 0d
Vinegar 2 bottles 2s 0d
Potatoes 20 [pounds?] 10s 0d
Net 1 3d
Sea bed 3 D [double?] 1 S [single?] 17s 6d [possibly possibly hammocks]
Provision chest 1 3s 0d
Saucepan 1 2s 0d
Chamber 2 [probably chamber pots to use as the toilet]
2 Water bottles 4 to 3 [maybe capacity] 6s 0d
Hook pot 1 – 4 [4 may be the size?] 2s 0d
Lantern
Brandy 1 B (bottle) 2s 6d
Rum 4 [can’t read this] 4s 0d
………… [can’t read last item] 5s 0d
Keep of 7 adults
[can’t read the next line]
Paid £9 17s 9d
Note: the total spent on provisions was £5 16s 0d
so an extra sum of £4 1s 0d was added to this record
Source C: West Grinstead Parish Records: Miscellaneous Papers 1849-1852, item 1
Memorandum of money received by William Tourle from George Thorns (ref.no. Par 95/38/7/1)
Transcript
Memorandum received 30th Oct 1849 of George Thorns on Board of the Westminster the Sum of Eleven Pounds Five shillings and Six pence.
£11 – 5 – 6
the Mark of William Tourle +