To Captain James Hughes, Commander ship Arthurstone.
Dear Sir,-We, the undersigned, single girls on board your vessel, beg you to accept this trifling present from us as a small token of our sincere regard and gratitude to you for your manifold kindness to us during our voyage from Queenstown to Brisbane.
August 2, 1879.
Bessie SMITH, Harriet BRADSHAW,
Bella CRANSTON, Annie SMITH,
Eliza JORDAN, Irene DUBOIS,
Lizzie O'SULLIVAN, Alice ALLEN,
Sarah SHARPLES, Ellen KEANE,
Julia SULLIVAN, Mary ARMSTRONG,
Annie DOWNING, Ellen PARKER,
Emily PECKHAM, Lillian BONNEY,
Zara BEECK, Susan TIERNEY,
Mary KINNELLY, Norah WALSH,
Margaret KEITH, Merran KEITH,
Georgenia KEITH, Janet KEITH,
Elizabeth OAKLEY, Jane IRVINE,
Johanna HARRINGTON, Alice TIMBRELL,
Maria CRONIN, Bridget WALSH,
Ellen DRISCOLL, Annie SCOTT,
Jane SCOTT, Kate KELLY,
Jane KENNY, Sarah WILSON,
Caroline ROCHELL, Rosa HARPER,
Bessie RALPH, Mary RALPH,
Margaret PARK, M.J. PORT,
P. FETTSILL, M. OAKLEY,
P. Mary TIERNEY,
To Miss Bessie SMITH, Miss Harriet BRADSHAW, Miss Bella CRANSTON, and the other single girls signing the above address.
I have to thank you all for the kind token of your sincere regard to me as captain of the ship Arthurstone, which conveyed you safely to these shores, and can assure you that I feel your kindness and gratitude very much indeed, and this expression of your satisfaction gives me very great pleasure.
It pleases me to know that in doing my duty as captain in command of an emigrant vessel
I have met with such a substantial recognition as I have received from you, and I sincerely trust that you may all enjoy good health and prosperity in this your adopted country. Again thanking you,
I remain,
Yours faithfully,
James Hughes,
Brisbane, August 4, 1879.
