But not in heaven, neither on the earth, but on board the ship America, hence to New Orleans, in latitude 48 degrees, 29 minutes, north, and longitude 17 degrees, 34 minutes, west. Wind fresh on the starboard quarter, under full sail at the rate of ten and a-half knots an hour. At the conclusion of the afternoon service, on Sunday, the 24th ultimo, Mr. Joseph Cain, and Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, should have been (if they were not before) united in the holy ordinance of matrimony, by Elder John Taylor. It was a general time of mirth and hilarity among the guests, and they all joined (no doubt) in singing the following sentimental hymn. . . .[p.46]
BIB: "Marriage Extraordinary." Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 9:3 (February 1, 1847), p. 46. (CHL)
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