Download or read book The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy written by Robert Bennet Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the preparations for and the actual voyage of the U.S.S. Jamestown in March, 1847, that was carrying relief provisions collected from Boston and other New England merchants for the famine-stricken residents of Ireland. Robert Bennet Forbes was appointed by the New England Committee for the Relief of Ireland and Scotland to command this relief mission, and he lent the U.S.S. Jamestown for that purpose.