. . . We arrived at Liverpool and Brother Budge had a nice lodging house. Brother Jarvis came with one suit of clothes. We did not bring anything for our use with us. I had a nice furnished house. We left good new carpets on the floors. Brother Jarvis would not let me bring anything with us. I must say we were young and foolish for in one month we wanted things for our own use again. We sailed in the good ship Washington. The servants of God, Orson Pratt and others, promised us a prosperous voyage, and we realized they spoke by the spirit of God. Plenty of singing on board. When some of the Saints would say, "I would rather be where I was" knew I was happy. Then I dreaded living in Boston. If it had been a city of Saints I might have felt different. They had paid the passage of a brother to cook for the Saints but he was seasick. There were eight hundred Saints. They found that Father was a seafaring man and wished him to cook for them. I thought I should have quite a treat and a pleasure trip with my husband. I do not think I exchanged a dozen words on the voyage with him. He cooked for the eight hundred with one assistant. Brother [Amos S.] Musser called me to go to the hospital with a sick sister that had looked so jolly, and my husband had to be at his post twelve hours. He would go to bed as soon as his work was done and be at his duty before six in the morning. This dear sister was buried in the deep and left her newborn babe to the care of her husband with two or three other children. We buried, I think, an old brother too. I was sorry to see land. My husband went to get lodging for us. No one was very willing to have a family of seven off a ship, but Father declared we had no fever and were healthy. The Saints had all landed and had gone to the Valley or to different places but one sister, an old maid, and a cross one at that, she told me she had no place to go. I told her I was sure that Brother Jarvis would let her have a room with us. I told him when he came back we could not leave her alone. He said he had rented a room at one [p.10] dollar a week so we went to our new home. . . . [p.11]

. . . When I saw the Valley where God's people were, I felt I could endure a great deal more for the same privilege. I felt thankful to be able to see Brigham Young, the Lion of the Lord. The Lord did bless us. Brother and Sister Stalworthy took us home. We had been kind to them in England and they were grateful and gave us shelter. . . . [p.17]

[THE JARVIS' STAYED IN BOSTON UNTIL 1860 UNDER TREMENDOUS HARDSHIPS AND THEN EVENTUALLY WENT TO WINTER QUARTERS AND LEFT IN A WAGON TRAIN ACROSS THE PLAINS AND GREAT MISFORTUNE WAS THEIRS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PLAINS, ANN JARVIS WRITES]

BIB: Jarvis, Ann Prior. Autobiography (Ms 8620 reel 12 #6) (typescript), pp. 10-11, 17. (CHL)
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