[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 25th We have still head wind And gain but vary slowley. We paid 25 cts for beaking a loaf of bread so we had warm bread And butter for Breakfast which we realished much. I had A long night last night. Lay for hours awake in a long train of meditation. Finally fel asleep & dreamed of seeing my wife & children but awoke And it was A dream.
The first mate Mr Williams took the names residence And ocupation of each person on board. There was 76 Steerage passengers 24 Second Cabin And 4 in the 1st Cabin Total 104 Passengers 1 capt 3 Mates 24 Sailors 3 stewards 3 cooks 3 Transient persons including Jemmy Ducks. Total 141 souls on board. 2 died on the way. I gave in my name And residence in the United States, occupation Farmer.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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