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    1. *new* for TheShipsList website
    2. Sue Swiggum
    3. *new* for TheShipsList website http://www.theshipslist.com/ All the new and updated files and databases have been placed on their own page(s) Find them on the front page in between the big arrows --------------> <--------------- At the bottom of each of these pages I have placed links named " previous month " and " next month " so you are able to navigate back and forth between the monthly *new & updated* pages, as I only keep three months of *new* page links on the Home page. New for May 2006 is . . . o Pictures: o View of Québec from Lévis ca. 1880-1890 A super photograph of Quebec City taken from across the St. Lawrence River, from Pointe Lévis. Both places were where ships arrived at Quebec City. After the advent of railway, immigrants might arrive at Quebec City, then ferry across the river to board the trains west (& east) and south. o Passengers: o New Swiftsure - 1st trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 23rd April 1824 o New Swiftsure - 2nd trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 30th April 1824 o New Swiftsure - 3rd trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 7th May 1824 o New Swiftsure - 4th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 14th May 1824 o New Swiftsure - 5th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 21st May 1824 o barque Constance, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 5th November 1849 o ship Duke of Wellington, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 8th November 1849 o barque Himalaya, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 17th November 1849 o barque Ascendant, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 21st November 1849 o ship Harry Lorrequer, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 26th December 1849 The first five lists for steamboat New Swiftsure in 1824 and the last five passenger lists for assisted passengers from England to Adelaide for the year 1849. Please share this *new* for TheShipsList website email, with any other list to which you belong if you think it might be of interest or value to those list members (in other words, on-topic). Enjoy ! Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

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