. . . on the 13th of February 1856 and went by railroad to Liverpool and went on board [p.8] the ship Caravan after the Saints went on board the ship. 14th of February they found it had too much freight on and the government would not allow it to sail so they took out some of the freight and when they had taken enough off they gave her permission to sail. This made it the 15th when Captain Sands ordered the anchor raised. We had a prosperous voyage considering the time of the year. We had one storm that took our foremast away and we had one sailor thrown out of the rigging and killed. We met one more squall that we were not able to do any cooking for three days. The captain told us if it had not been a good ship the sides of her would of been stowed in as we were loaded with railroad iron and lead. As the ship would roll the freight would shift from side to side and we thought the ship would be stowed in but the faith of the Saints and the blessings of the Lord we arrived in New York. During the voyage there were three children born, one passenger died and one couple married. We arrived in New York on the 27th of March 1856. . . .[p.9] . . .we rejoiced as we road across Hogsback and saw the home of the Saints. It was on 28th of September 1859. [p.12]
BIB: Leaker, David William. Reminiscences, pp. 8-9, 12. (CHL)
(source abbreviations)