. . . On the 13th of June we left Copenhagen on the steamship "Waldermeir", and arrived in Hull, England on the 16th. The next day we traveled to Liverpool by train . There were 290 Scandinavians and 190 English which totaled 480. We sailed together on the steamship Manhatten which was a freighter of 200 tons refurbished to carry 100 passengers. On June 21 we sailed from Liverpool and arrived in New York on July 4. On August 8 we began to travel across the states with oxen and arrived in Salt Lake City October 5. The Salt Lake is 80 miles long 40 miles wide 70 feet deep and 4 large rivers flow in the [-] and for [-] the many small hills and mountains and lies 4218 above sea level and the Dead Sea lies 2500 feet below sea level.Utah Lake is 4428 feet above sea level.Utah lies between 37º and 42º N and 109º and 111º longitude.We traveled 2095 miles at a cost of $2427.678. . . . [p.5]
BIB: Fillerup, Andrew Peter [Writings] in Hutchings Family, Newsletters (Special Collections & Manuscripts, Mss Sc 7758), vol.1, no.1, p.
5 (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah)
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