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‘Passengers wishing to embrace this commodious conveyance, will apply immediately’: the rise in emigrant passage advertising in the Scottish Borders, 1800–1830
What is it about? In the early 1800s, Scottish ship owners began to aggressively advertise to emigrants going to North America and Australia. This article explores how the number and style of these passage advertisements changed from an occasional, passive mention to a cluttered front-page of sophis...
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2008
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19101 |
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