1867-07-04-Manhattan

Autobiography of Bertha Marie Jensen Eccles

Eccles, Bertha Marie Jensen, [Autobiography], "Utah Pioneer Biographies," vol. 9, pp. 24-26, 28.

… Early in June 1867 my parents, my little sister Mary, then about two years old and myself left Denmark for America. From Liverpool we sailed on the steamship Manhattan. This was the first time that a large party of Mormon emigrants had used a steamer to cross the Atlantic.

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We arrived in New York harbor on July 4, 1867. The cannons were booming [p.24] and the usual celebration was in progress. The following day after we had been examined and released from quarantine we went ashore at old Castle Garden. There I tasted my first American pie. It was cherry and full of seeds. Like Edward Bok who has written on his early American experiences, my first impression was that there was more stones than fruit.

Next we embarked on a river steamer and journeyed up the Hudson to Albany. Our first ride in this new country was very enjoyable. All day and as long as light lasted my father and I stood out on deck watching the beautiful scenery and marveling at the fine homes and gardens in the pleasant green valleys along the river.

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Autobiography of Johanna Kirstine Larsen Winters

Winters, Johanna Kirstine Larsen [Autobiography], Our Pioneer Heritage comp. by Kate B. Carter, vol.11 (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1968) pp. 60-61, 64.

… The storm abated and we landed in the New York Harbor on July 4th, but were not allowed to go ashore until the 5th, when we marched up to Castle Gardens for official inspection; from there we traveled through the states partly on steamboat and on the railroad. …

Letter from A. N. Hill - July 4, 1867

Hill, A. N., et. al. [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 29:30, (July 27, 1867) pp. 473-474.

Steamship Manhattan New York Harbor, July 4, 1867.

President F. D. Richards

Dear Brother,--We have great pleasure in stating that after a prosperous voyage of nearly 13 days, we have arrived at this point, and anticipate leaving tomorrow evening for Albany, en route for Omaha.

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Today Elders Orson Pratt, G. D. Watt, and W. S. Warren, visited us on board, they were looking and feeling well. A number of the missionaries from the Valley have just arrived.

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Reminiscences of Charles Keilgaard Hansen

Hansen, Charles Keilgaard. Reminiscences (Ms 8891). pp. 90-92, 94-96.

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We landed in New York on the 4th of July, (the day of independence of the United States,) and what a grand sight that was to the emigrants to see such a grand city attired in it's festival in commemoration of the freedom of it's nation. After we had been on the ocean for two weeks, seeing nothing but the sky [p.90] and water and occasionally a passing sail or steam vessel or an iceberg. All the living things to be seen were the few sea birds, sharks, and the other fishes falling in the ship. In the evening it looked like the whole city with the hundreds of vessels was on fire as the most grand fireworks that human eye ever looked upon was to be seen here. The biggest portion of the emigrants were from the farming community and many perhaps had never saw a firework before. They thought perhaps the whole nature had united in celebrating our arrival to the land of Joseph.

The next morning we was brought ashore and quartered at Castle Garden and the same day went aboard a steamboat that took us up the Hudson River to Albany where we arrived the next day. …