"DEPARTURE. -- Ninety-three souls of the Saints left Liverpool for New York on the S. S. Nevada, Captain Forsyth, on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 26, in good health and fine spirits. Included in this number were Elders Lot Smith, A. P. Shumway, Albert Dewey, Joseph Argyle, George W. Groo and John Jaques, returning home from their missions to this land, also Elder H. J. Faust and lady, who have been visiting various portions of Europe. These elders, we believe, have labored with much faithfulness and diligence in the various fields in which they were called to minister the words of eternal life, and carry with them our faith, prayers and blessings. May God, our
Father, preserve the lives of these, his people, 'as in the hollow of his hand,' and guide them in safety to 'Zion's thrice sanctified shore.'"
MS, 33:31 (Aug. 1, 1871), pp.489-90
"Wed. 26. [July 1871] -- The steamship Nevada sailed from Liverpool, England, with 93 Saints, under the direction of Lot Smith. The company arrived at New York Aug. 7th, and in Salt Lake City Aug. 16th."
CC, p.85
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