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===Letter by M. M. Steele - June 21, 1878===<br />
''Steele, M. M., [Letter], Latter-day Saints Millennial Star 40:28 (July 15, 1878) pp. 444- 445.''<br />
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:Steamship Montana,<br />
:Near the Banks of Newfoundland,<br />
:June 21st, 1878.<br />
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Elder H. W. Naisbitt.<br />
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Dear Brother,--I thought I would write a little now and finish in New York. …<br />
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New York, June 25<br />
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Arrived here at 6 p.m. and all feeling first-rate. Last evening a concert [p.444] was held in the cabin, where we enjoyed ourselves with song, recitations, etc., from 8.30 until 11 p. m. The captain in the chair. The "wax-work was well played by a picked company. Brother [Reinhard] Maeser also contributed a song, which "brought down the house." The entertainment concluded with "God Save the Queen," sung by all hands. "The Star Spangled Banner" was called for, but I am sorry to say although a number of Americans were on board, not one of them had committed the song to memory. A collection was taken up, in aid of the Sailors' Widows and Orphans, when one guinea was put into the box.<br />
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The "Russia" beat us into port, owing to the fact that our engines broke down while trying to turn round after the "doctor" was disposed of, twelve miles out--one of the engineers was pretty badly scaled about the neck.<br />
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The brethren all join in kind love to all at "42". [42 Islington WAS THE ADDRESS OF THE BRITISH MISSION IN LIVERPOOL]<br />
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We leave per rail, at 3 p.m. tomorrow.<br />
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Your brother, M. M. Steele, secretary.</div>LDSdbSysop