1884-09-10-Wyoming

Autobiography of Andrew Janus Hansen

Hansen, Andrew Janus, Autobiography of Andrew Janus Hansen, 1852-1932, (Privately printed, 1969), p. 89.

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Wednesday morning, September 10, we were all safely landed in the New York Harbor. We were transferred the same day to the Lake Erie Railroad Station and placed aboard the train, leaving at 8:20 p.m. �

Journals of James Peter Olson

Olsen, James Peter. Journals, pp. 105-112.

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O. B. Wyoming. Mon. Sep. 8th, 84, O. B. Wyoming. Tue. Sep. 9th, 84, W. warm and sunny. I was now well and enjoyed my meals very much and I was truly glad of it, for I had had my share of seasickness. We arrived in New York Harbor in the night at about 11 p.m. It was a very grand sight to see so many lights. It was very hot.

O. B. Wyoming. Wed. Sep. 10th, 84. Weather the hottest this year. I was very well this morning. We soon came to the dock amid the beautiful scene in the harbor. After coming in we was soon transferred to a [p.108b], in a boat, to Castle Garden. Our trunks was not examined by the custom officers. I took a trip up in the city on the Street Elevated Railroad miles to see my cousin, but I found that she had moved. Then I went to Castle Garden and visited the Saints to get ready to [SIC] leave. Some had to stay back on account of through tickets. I finished my letter; I went to Hart�s office. We then left N.Y. by boat at about 6 p.m. to Jersey City, where we boarded the train and left about midnight by the N.Y. & Erie R. Road.

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Letter from John Reeve - September 10, 1884

Reeve, John [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 46:39, (Sept. 29, 1884) pp. 621-22.

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We are now drawing near the shores of the United States, expecting to reach New York about 9 or 10 o'clock this evening. The pilot was taken aboard yesterday about 400 miles out from New York, and today everybody is on the "qui vive" looking out for ships and land and enquiring for news, a few papers having been brought on board by the pilot. �