Prepaid Steerage Steamship Ticket - 1880 White Star Line

White Star Line Agent's Record for Prepaid Steerage Passage for One Adult, UK to New York or Boston (Plus Rail to Scranton, PA). GGA Image ID # 12d40cad9a

This is the Agent's Record for a Prepaid passage on a White Star Line Steamship for passage from Cardiff, Whales, UK to Scranton PA via Steerage class in 1880.

Information Digitized from Ticket

Ticket Number: 40915

White Star Line

Steerage Prepaid

Agents' Record

Date Sold: 29 May 1880

Name of Intending Passenger: John Price; Age: 43

One Adult Zero Child Zero Infant

Amount Received, including Fare from Cardiff to Scranton? $ 32.00

Deduct Agent's Commission $2.30

Net [ To White Star Line ]: 29.70

Purchased by Abraham Price

Address: Hyde Park [NY]

Date Remitted: 4 June 1880

Vertical handwritten note: $29.30 Paid by 1st Nat Check No. 13, June 8, 1880

 

Passenger Record

• First Name : John
• Last Name : Price
• Nationality : England
• Place of Birth : England
• Date of Arrival : 1881
• Age at Arrival : 45
• Gender : Male
• Ship of Travel : Germanic
• Manifest Line Number : 8

Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value

In 2013, the relative value of $32.00 from 1880 ranges from $677.00 to $51,300.00.

Samuel H. Williamson, "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present," MeasuringWorth, 2014.