Ephemera – Emigration to the New World The Settler’s New Home^ or The Emigrant’

Ephemera – Emigration to the New World The Settler’s New Home^ or The Emigrant’s Location^ being a guide to emigrants in the selection of a settlement and the preliminary details of the voyage. By Sidney Smith^ London^ John Kendrick 1849. Sm 8vo^ 106pp^ original paper covers^ a little dusty^ first few pages loose^ but appears complete. Ownership signature to front cover. This appears to have been a ‘used’ volume. Rare. This is the original first edition of this work – which was re-titled the following year as ‘The Settler’s New Home^ or Whether to Go and Whither ?’ A fascinating insight into emigration to the USA and Canada at a time when the potato famine in Ireland and deprivations in the UK generally were forcing people to seek a better life on the other side of the Atlantic. The book provides a practical guide to emigrants: choice of ship^ where to go^ local climates etc etc.