Ffitch-Clark family - Shipboard diaries and papers, 1859 - 1917

Clamshell Box:

Volume 1 -- Original shipboard diary (172 x 75 mm) by Harry Fitch/Ffitch Clark containing an account of a voyage in the ship 'Nimroud' leaving from Gravesend, England, on 11 September 1859, and arriving at Auckland, New Zealand, on 16 January 1860. Pages 1-15 concern voyage itself; pages 16-25 contain miscellaneous notes such as husbandry remedies, a recipe for half-peck loaf, and verse.

Volume 2 -- Original shipboard diary (172 x 75 mm) containing an account of a voyage in the ship 'Nimroud' leaving from Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 February 1860, and arriving in England on 22 November 1860. Page 1 contains a list of expenses; pages 2-17 concern the voyage itself (Clark appears to be working his passage as a member of the crew); pages 18-21 contain sundry notes.

Folder 1:

Item 1 -- Typed transcripts of Volumes 1 and 2. (46 leaves total)

Item 2 -- Typed copies of letters (photocopies) by 27333 Private Wilfred George Ffitch Clark (son of Harry Fitch/Ffitch Clark), 17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, BEF, written to his mother Alice, and brothers Bert (Cuthbert) and Leo, from the Western Front, where he was killed in action on 4 December 1917. Also includes letters of condolence from officers and friends. (17 leaves total)