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Schedules for ships were published were published in the Inverness Courier.
Ships from Aberdeen or Dundee would stop at Cromarty on the Black Isle
before sailing to Canada if a sufficient number of passengers sent an
early application.
The list
comprises most, but not all the emigrant ships which sailed from Cromarty,
mainly for Canada in the 1830s and 1840s.
The following is the text of the inscription on the stone, believed
to have been written by Miller and published in the Inverness Courier
on 22nd June 1831: |
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Cleopatra as she swept past the town of Cromarty was greeted with
three cheers by crowds of the inhabitants and the emigrants returned
the salute, but mingled with the dash of the waves and the murmurs
of the breeze, their faint huzzas seemed rather sounds of wailing
and lamentation than of a congratulatory farewell."
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The names of the
emigrant ships listed on the Stone, clockwise are: Ami; Ann; Asia; Blagdon;
Boyne; Brilliant; Canada: Cleopatra; Clio; Corsair; Dalmarnock; Diligence;
Economist; George; Good Intent; Headleys; Industry; Isabella Simpson;
John; Jane Kay; Kate; Lady Grey; Lady MacNaughton; Lamb; Lord Brougham;
Planet; Poland; Ropbert & Margaret; Rover; Salamis; Theodora; Triton;
Tweed; Vestal; Viewforth; XYZ; Zealous; Zephyr. |
