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FROM 1750 - 1830 > COMINGS AND GOINGS |
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Boarding House
This boarding house was in Derry’s Bridge Street. Frequently emigrants stayed in these boarding houses as ships did not leave as ... |
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Shipping Merchant
This was the home and office of a major shipping merchant in Belfast. These offices were busy establishments in the 19th century. |
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Signing an indenture
In the late 18th century the cost of a fare to America was £3 to £4, but poor people could emigrate for nothing if they signed an ... |
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Success in America
John Dunlap had emigrated from Strabane, Co. Tyrone. In America he began a printing business and soon had a large fortune. He was able ... |
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Looking for Craftsmen
This piece from the Belfast News-Letter in March 1771 shows that the demand for craftsmen and labourers in America was such that they ... |
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News from America
People in Ulster were encouraged to move to America by news they received from family and friends who had already emigrated. |
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Shipping Advertisement
Ships brought goods from America to Ulster and the shipping companies wanted to fill them with passengers for the return journey. |
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News-Letter Advertisement
Shipping companies quickly responded to the increasing demand for passages to America. |
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The Port of Londonderry
As the sailing ships crossing the Atlantic were very small, emigrants left from many ports including Londonderry. |
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Belfast
Throughout the 17th century Scots had poured into Ulster but by the beginning of the 18th century this had stopped. Soon there was a ... |
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