1856-01-03-New York Times-The Mormon Heigira
The Mormon Heigira A Fresh Importation Mormons from England New York Times, January 3, 1856 Page 8, 1748 words
Begining paragraph: Saturday afternoon there arrived at this port the ship Emerald Isle, from Liverpool, with a rich cargo of humanity;--666 passengers found their way to this land on her decks, and of that number 346 are members of a Mormon congregation, and compose a Mormon Immigration Company. Arriving late on Saturday, many passengers remained in the stream over the Sabbath, but in course of Monday they were landed at the Immigrant Depot, Castle Garden.
This article looks at the social and economic condition of these immigrants. The article gives the names of the 58 couples on board, along with the names of 56 single men and 43 single women. It also says that the group included 133 children.
According to the article, the immigrants had formed an association in England for the voyage. Philemon C. Merrill was their president with Joseph France and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse as his counselors. Also named were Andrew Novice (Cook) and Henry Bunce (Steward). The article also gives an overview of their shipboard activities, biographical information on the missionary who led them, Elder Charles A. Foster, and their actions while they were in the Castle Garden immigration station.
The article also indicated that these immigrants would not head to Utah immediately, but would winter in either New Jersey or Missouri and probably go on to Utah in the Summer.
