b) If the voyagers have paid for the meals on their own
account, the same shall be directed to solid and good inns
by the shipping firm* in which, in the case that the ship
does not depart at the determined time, after the 3rd day of
the departure stipulated in the Accord, they shall be given
room and board at the above conditions until the actual
embarkation at the cost of the shipping firm*, whether the
cause of the delay is due to the fault of the contractor, the
agent or the ship's master.
Section 6.
The Voyagers themselves shall undertake to purchase and supply
the necessary and specially required sea provisions according to the
relevant embarkation port for the voyage, namely:
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Via Havre. N.-York 30 lb. Zwieback. 70 " Potatoes or legumes. 5 " Rice. 4 " Peas. 10 " Flour. 8 " Pork, salted without bones, or bacon. 7 " Salted beef without bones. 3 " Butter. 1 1/2 " Coffee. 2 1/2 " Sugar, brown. 2 " Salt. 1 Liter Vinegar. N.-Orleans relatively more |
Via Antwerp. N.-York 30 lb. Zwieback. 50 " Potatoes. 15 " Peas or beans. 15 " Rice. 15 " Barley. 10 " Flour. 10 " Bacon. 10 " Salted ox meat. 2 " Coffee. 2 " Salt. 2 Liter Vinegar. N.-Orleans relatively more
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Via Bremen cooked food will be served as follows according to the list. Sunday: Meat with pudding and potatoes. Monday: Bacon and peas or beans with potatoes. Tuesday: Meat or bacon and peas or beans with potatoes. Wednesday: Bacon and Sauerkraut with potatoes. Thursday: Rice or barley with plums and meat. Friday: Meat or bacon and peas or beans with potatoes. Saturday: Meat and rice soup or oat porridge with potatoes. Distributed per week and person: 3 lb. black bread, 2 " white bread, 3/8 " butter. |
Via Liverpool. weekly 2 1/2 lb. Zwieback. 1 " Flour. 5 " Oat flour. 2 " Rice. 1/8 " Tea. � " Sugar. � " Syrup. Upon embarkation in total: 10 lb. Smoked meat. 40 " Potatoes. 6 " Rice. 51 " Fresh bread. 2 " Butter. 2 " Salt. 1 lb. Onions. Children from 1-12 years the half Also served cooked. |
The necessary tools and sacks for packing the provisions, as well
as the otherwise necessary crockery and the bedclothes for the sea
voyage shall be supplied by the voyagers
Mr. Zwilchenbart shall undertake at his own costs to pay for all
parties to the Accord of the proper space in the 'tween deck of the
mail ship or American three-mast ship departing from Havre in
the month of March for sweet water, wood, light, room in the
kitchen for cooking, the empty bed, 200 pounds of baggage free, if
necessary the pharmacy, and the voyagers are free from American
hospital fees or poll tax as well as other fees; the same are also
entitled upon their arrival in America to remain another 48 hours on
board the ship.
The shipping firm* shall undertake to convey the emigrant and his
effects at the stipulated price also in such case that the relevant
ship is prevented from continuing before the voyage or during the
voyage by any accident or for another reason.
Embarkation from the seaport shall take place on the 1 March 1859,
on the three-mast ship [left blank] Captain [left blank]
The boarding price is"
for 6 adults at Fr.110.--each Fr.660.--
" 2 children from 1 to 8 years at Fr. 78.--each " 156.--
" 1 child from to 1 year at Fr. " ___
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for eight persons together Fr.816.--
Upon signing the contract an advance payment was made: " 816.--
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Leaving Fr. paid
in words [left blank]
Larger baggage of the voyagers must be marked withthe full name of
the owner and the name of the place of destination and handed over
[left blank]
,otherwise the agent will
assume no responsibility for its transport. If, however, these conditions
are fulfilled precisely, in case of loss the agent shall pay the owner
before embarkation: a)Fr. 30 for a hatbox, saddlebag, knapsack or sack,
b)Fr.50 for a trunk or a box of 50-100 pounds, c)Fr.100 for a trunk or
box of 100 pounds and above.
The traveling belongings of the emigrants shall be insured against
the hazards listed in the insurance policy for the value of [left blank]
Francs during the sea voyage, by means of a premium of [left blank]
which is not included in the above price and shall be paid through the
party to the Accord to [left blank].
The emigrant shall do without the insurance of traveling belongings
during the sea voyage.
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