1877-07-07-Wisconsin

Autobiography of Carl A. Carquist

Carlquist, Carl A. Autobiography (Ms 5463), pp. 9 - 12.

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There were nearly a thousand emigrants of all nationalities on the boat. We had a pleasant trip with very little seasickness and arrived in New York as near as I could figure out, 7 minutes past 7 in the morning, on the 7th day of the 7th month, year 1877. As I put my foot on the American soil, I cannot describe the wonderful feeling which came over me. To think that I had arrived in the land of Joseph, the land of liberty, the land of Zion, the land upon which Adam dwelt, the land to which Christ shall come in the last day to set up his kingdom, the land from which God's word is proclaimed to all the earth!

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Letter by John Rowberry - July 7, 1877

Rowberry, John, [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 39:31 (July 30, 1877) p. 492

New York, July 7th, 1877.President Joseph F. Smith.

Dear Brother,--I drop a few lines to inform you of our safe arrival in New York. �