1856-03-29-New York Times-Our Reporter Visits the Mormons
From New York City LDS History
A New York Times reporter visited an incoming group of 454 Mormon immigrants at the Castle Garden immigration station. The group had arrived the previous Thursday evening from Liverpool, England on board the packet ship Caravan.
The reporter claimed that they came from the lower, if not the lowest classes of society, but was told that they were not only respectable, but had paid for their own passage to America (which, he was told, converts seldom do wholly, even if they contributed a part of their expenses). But, in general, the reporter portrayed a low view of the Mormon immigrants in this group.
