"THE SHIP EMPIRE. -- We learn, per advices from New York, that the Empire, with its company of Saints, arrived at the above port on the 20th of March. They had a remarkably swift and pleasant passage, the voyage being made in 28 days. The brethren had enjoyed good health and the spirit of peace."
MS, 20:17 (April 24, 1858), p.266
"Fri. 19. [Feb. 1858] -- Sixty-four Saints, mostly returning elders, under the direction of Jesse Hobson, sailed from Liverpool, England, on the ship Empire, which arrived at New York March 20th."
CC, p.60
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