"DEPARTURES, ARRIVALS, &c. -- Elder John Taylor, of the Twelve, and president of the French and German Missions, embarked on board the steamship Niagara, hence for Boston, on the morning of the 6th of March, with a fair wind and most beautiful weather. Elder Taylor was accompanied by about twenty persons, including Elder T. D. Brown with his father and mother, Elders J. W. Coward, and W. Collinson and family. . . ."
MS, 14:7 (April 1, 1852), p.104
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