Hans Jensen Hals of Manti presided over the company of saints aboard the Emerald Isle. His counselors were John Faferburg of Fort Ephraim and James Smith of Provo. It was an 8-week voyage from Liverpool to New York harbor. Although passengers set sail in good spirits, Church Emigration records record that no other emigrating company was treated so poorly by sailors, and the water was unhealthy. One passenger, Hans Jorgenson, wrote in his journal that he could never think of the deadly Emerald Isle but with the greatest disgust and hatred. There were 38 deaths.
August 11 arrived at Castle Garden, New York.
August 11 arrived at Castle Garden, New York.
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