Passage Contracts and Tickets - 1880s

 

All Passage Contracts and Tickets For the 1880s Available at the GG Archives. These unique contracts represent primary source documents of the voyage of many immigrants. Our collection includes a variety of types and classes and provides an invaluable account of the cost of passage.

 

White Star Line Memorandum of Prepaid Steerage Passage on the RMS Britannic, Ticket Dated 29 May 1880.

RMS Britannic Passage Ticket - 29 May 1880

A Memorandum of a Draft like the one shown below from 1880 was used as a receipt - often for funds sent to immigrants still in the Old Country waiting to come to America. Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

 

RMS Germanic of the White Star Line Agent's Record for Prepaid Steerage Passage for One Adult, UK to New York or Boston, 29 May 1880.

RMS Germanic Agent's Record - 29 May 1880

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. Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

 

Cunard Line Steerage Passage Contract for Passage from Gothenburg to Boston Dated 4 June 1880.

Cunard Line Passage Contract - 4 June 1880

Superb example of a passenger contract for a Swedish emigrant, traveling from Gothenburg to Boston via Hull and Liverpool on a Cunard steamship in Steerage class. Includes Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

 

Front Side, North German Lloy Prepaid Steerage Passage Contract from 17 February 1883 from Bremen to New York for a German Immigrant Family.

North German Lloyd Prepaid Passage Certificate - 17 February 1883

Steamship Ticket Contract for the passage of Bealle Nutchen & party, as one in steerage of one of the Steamers of the North German Lloyd from Bremen to New York. Includes notes on Provenance and Relative Cost of Passage Ticket in Today's Currency Value calculations.

 

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