1886-04-27-Nevada

A Compilation of General Voyage Notes

… The ship arrived in New York, April 27th, and the Saints were landed at Castle Garden in the evening. The same day (April 27th) the company left New York and traveled by rail via Chicago and Omaha to Ogden …

Letter from E. [Edwin] T. Woolley - April 24, 1886

Woolley, E.T., et. al., [Letter] Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 48:19 (May 10, 1886) pp. 300-301.

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Tuesday, April 27.--We arrived safely at New York about 1 o'clock, p.m, and have succeeded in getting our people in quarters in Castle Garden - a very nice name but not such a nice place.

All are well. We are expecting to start tomorrow for Salt Lake City. In taking leave of Captain Douglass, he good naturedly acquiesced in the assertion that we attributed the extraordinarily good voyage to the fact that there was a company of "Mormons" on board.

We remain your brethren in the gospel;

E. [Edwin] T. Woolley,J. [James] L. McMurrinJ. [John] C. Stromberg