"DEPARTURE. -- The second company of this season's emigration left Liverpool on Saturday, the 22nd instant, per S. S. Nevada, of the Guion Line. There was a total of 2
79 emigrating Saints, of which 144 were from Great Britain, 106 from Switzerland and Germany, 14 from Scandinavia, 2 from Iceland, 1 from Holland, and 12 returning missionaries. A meeting was held just before starting, when remarks were made by Elders George Osmond and Frederick Schoenfeld, after which an organization was effected with Elder Moroni L. Pratt as president, and Elders George C. Naegle and Ricy H. Jones as counselors. May the Lord bless them with a safe and speedy journey. It is a singular fact that the company, although comparatively small, contained representatives of 12 different nationalities. 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it' (Isaiah ii, 2)."
MS, 48:21 (May 24, 1886), p.336
"Sat. 22. [May 1886] . . . The steamship Nevada sailed from Liverpool, England, with 279 emigrating Saints on board, under the direction of Moroni L. Pratt. They arrived at New York June 2nd, and at Salt Lake City on the 8th by the D. [Denver] & R. [Rio] G. [Grand] Ry. [Railway]"
CC, p.132
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