1892 Passenger list for the Britannic, helmed by later TITANIC captain Edward J. Smith

passenger list

A first class passenger list for the April 20, 1892 voyage of the BRITANNIC from New York to Liverpool. The captain of the ship is Edward J. Smith, who would later captain of the TITANIC and die in its sinking. A notable passenger on this voyage was Florence Balgarnie, a well-known British suffragist and radical anti-lynching activist who made an 1892 trip to the United States. In February, she was a speaker at an interstate women’s suffrage convention in Kansas City. She also visited Salt Lake City, where she met with suffragist Emmeline B. Wells on April 13, 1892. Emmeline Wells recorded in her diary that she saw Miss Balgarnie onto a train in Salt Lake City that day. There were several prominent American and British businessmen aboard, including Alfred Bigland, William Julien Courtauld and Jefferson Borden Harriman. The front cover of the passenger list says “White Star Line/U.S. & Royal Mail Steamers/Ismay, Imrie & Co./ Liverpool & London/ J. Bruce Ismay, N.Y./Saloon Passengers List. The rear has a map and a small log area where passengers could record information about their trip. There are also small lists of the White Star Line whips, including ADRIATIC, OCEANIC, MAJESTIC, BRITANNIC and others.