"THE SIXTH COMPANY. -- The sixth and last company of this season's emigration sailed from Liverpool, per S. S. Nevada, on the 8th instant. There were 122 British, 12 Hollanders, 109 Scandinavians, 12 Swiss and German, and 23 returning Missionaries -- total, 278 -- under the presidency of Elder Joseph S. Wells, en route to the gathering place of the Saints."
MS, 49:41 (Oct. 10, 1887), p.652
"Sat. 8. [Oct. 1887] . . . The steamship Nevada sailed from Liverpool, England, with the sixth and last company of this season's emigration from Europe, numbering 278 souls, including 23 returning missionaries, in charge of Joseph S. Wells. The company arrived at New York on the 18th, and in Salt Lake City on the 25th."
CC, p.153
". . . A company of emigrating Saints (88 souls) and nine returning Elders sailed from Copenhagen, Sept. 29th, 1887, per steamship 'Bravo,' under the leadership of Rasmus Rasmussen, for the gathering places of the Saints in America. The names of the other returning missionaries were: Charles Oscar Pedersen, Niels Mikkelsen, Victor Charles Hogsted, Peter Olsen, Nils Oscar Gyllenskog, James Ottesen, Gustaf Blomquist and Simon P. Eggertsten. Without any accident or unpleasantness the emigrants arrived in Hull, England, whence they traveled by rail to Liverpool, and there boarded the ship 'Nevada,' together with emigrating Saints and returning elders from Great Britain, the whole company being in charge of Elder Joseph S. Wells, a returning elder. The ship sailed from Liverpool Oct. 8, and after an uneventful voyage arrived in New York on the 18th. Here the emigrants the following day (Oct. 19th) boarded another steamship on which they sailed to Norfolk, Virginia, whence they traveled by rail to Salt Lake City, Utah, arriving there October 25th. . . ."
HSM, p.303
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