Retreiving mailboxes from time capsule backup on new Mac

We had a computer stolen at work which was being backed up by time machine so luckily we were able to restore the files to another computer using migration assistant. However, all the mailboxes in Mac Mail were lost and contain a lot of important emails. I am wondering if those were somehow backed up and also would have been transferred to the new computer. If so, how do I transfer them to Mac Mail? I looked in Users/Library/Mail and only the mailboxes for the new computer are there.

See User Tips for Time Machine for help with TM problems. Also you can select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "time machine" to locate articles on how to use TM. See also Mac 101- Time Machine.
Did you migrate the entire Home folder from your TM backup? If you did then everything should have been transferred. You could try doing a folder restore from the TM backup and restore the /Home/Library/Mail/ folder. You can delete the Mail folder on the new computer to be sure the folder restore restores only the backed up version. Just drag the new Mail folder to the Trash but don't empty the Trash until you know the restore worked.

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