"DEPARTURES. -- The International, Captain Brown, with a company of 425 souls, under the presidency of Elder Christopher Arthur, sailed for New Orleans, February 28th. Elders John Lyon, author of 'The Harp of Zion', and late President of the Glasgow Conference, and R. G. Frazer, late President of the work in Londonderry, after laboring faithfully in these lands, have emigrated by the above vessel."
MS, 15:11 (Mar. 12, 1853), p.169
"SIXTY-FIFTH COMPANY. -- International, 425 Saints. The ship International, Captain Brown, with a company of four hundred and twenty-five Saints, under the presidency of Elder Christopher Arthur, sailed from Liverpool, February 28th, 1853. Elder John Lyon, author of the 'Harp of Zion,' and formerly president of the Glasgow Conference, and R. G. Frazer, who had presided over the missionary work in Londenderry, were included in the company. They arrived in New Orleans on the twenty-third of April. During the voyage seven deaths, seven births, and five marriages took place. . . .
. . . From New Orleans the Saints continued the journey up the Mississippi River to Keokuk, Iowa. (Millennial Star, Vol. XV pp.169, 358, 361, 443.)
Cont.,13:10 (Aug. 1892), p.463, 465
"Mon. 28. [Feb. 1853] -- The ship International sailed from Liverpool, England, with 425 Saints, under the direction of Christopher Arthur. It arrived at New Orleans April 23rd."
CC, p.47
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