"DEPARTURE. -- The steamship Minnesota, Captain T. W. Freeman, sailed from the Mersey on Wednesday afternoon, June 28th, with 397 souls of the Latter-day Saints on board, the whole of whom were from the Scandinavian Mission, with the exception of a sister and her two children from Scotland. Included in this number are five elders who have been laboring in Scandinavia, and who are now returning to their homes in Zion; their names are W. W. Cluff, late president of the Scandinavian Mission, Peter Madsen, of Provo, John Ehrngreen, John Holmberg, and Michel C. Christiansen.
The Saints on board, when we parted with them, were feeling very well, and were indulging in sanguine hopes of a pleasant and prosperous voyage. We trust they will realize all they can reasonably desire, and pray the Lord to look favorably upon this vessel with its freight of precious souls, and give it a safe and pleasant voyage across the wide waters, and health, life and peace to all the Saints on board."
MS, 33:27 (July 4, 1871), p.425
"Wed 28. [June 1871] -- The steamship Minnesota sailed from Liverpool, England, with 397 Saints, in charge of William W. Cluff. The company landed at New York July 13th, and arrived at Ogden July 21st."
CC, p.85
". . . The first company of this season's emigration of Scandinavian Saints sailed from Copenhagen in the evening of June 23, 1871, bound for the land of Zion, on board the steamship 'Humber' in charge of President William W. Cluff. Besides President Cluff there were on board the following returning missionaries: Peter Madsen, Mikkel C. Christensen, Johan Holmberg and John Ehrngren. The whole company consisted of 387 souls. After a successful voyage the 'Humber' arrived safely in Hull, England, June 26th, from which place the emigrants were conveyed by rail to Liverpool the following night. After arriving safely in Liverpool in the morning (June 27th) the emigrants
, 397 souls, including a Scotch family, embarked on the steamer 'Minnesota,' which sailed the following day (June 28th) with its precious cargo for New York, where it arrived 14 days later (July 12th). An aged sister from Scandinavia died July 5th and was buried in the Atlantic Ocean. Besides the Saints, about four other emigrants from England and Ireland were passengers on the ship.
The day after the arrival of the emigrants in New York (July 13th) a desperate fight between conservative Irish and Orangemen took place in the city of New York, in which many persons were killed and wounded, but the emigrants were not molested in any way. From New York the journey westward was resumed on the 13th and the company arrived in Ogden, Utah, July 21st. Here the company was dissolved, some of the emigrants going north, many to Salt Lake City, and others farther south to other cities and towns. The journey from Copenhagen to Utah was made in four weeks. . . ."
HSM, p.210
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