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| Champion of the Seas |
Liverpool, England
Dear Mamma and Pa,This is the last card I am likely to write until I arrive in Australia. I hope it finds you well.
Yesterday I was very excited as I booked my passage to Australia. I am to leave by the high tide on August 9th.
Today as I enclose for you, the photograph I had taken in Cork, I am a little anxious as I realise I may never see you again. My dear parents, I shall try to do you proud.
Let me tell you about the vessel on which I am to travel. She is called the Champion of the Seas, a ship of some 2,2025 tonnes, of the Black Ball Lines. She is said to be one of the fastest clippers and we (all 600 passengers) should make Australia in record time.
By mid November I should be back on land and able to write you again.
Your loving son, James.
Mr and Mrs John Warner
Mitchelstown, Cork
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