11th We have a heavy gale commencing
about 1 oclok in the morning & we were in some
danger having the weltch coast on one side
& the Irish on the other, their was a great
bustle & noise on board arising from the
command of the Captain & mates & the singing
of the sailors & the whistling of the winds & the
roaring of the waters while at the same time the
ship was pitching & rocking to & fro. We reached
the pilate ground at day light & raised
colours for a pilate to come on board
A pilate Boat soon appeared & board came
came along side & gave us a pilate, & he
informed us that the Liverpool had not
yet arived She was a steem ship & started
5 days before us & the Independance had
not got in & she started 10 days before us.
The pilate had no sooner came on board before
the steem ship Liverpool hove in sight over
our stern, the pilate ordered the sail to be
spread notwithstanding it was blowing a gale
we then gained fast of the Liverpool, & their
was many sail floating upon our right &
left hand. There was much bustle among
the passengers in shaving, washing & preparing
themselves to go on shore. The city of Liverpool
soon was in sight & an English steem Boat
soon came along side & towed us into port
on the dock in Liverpool we got along side of the
key a few minutes before the Liverpool or
Independance the Oxford Liverpool & Indep
endance all reached the dock within 30 minutes
of each other. Their was 109 souls of us all
who reached the shore in good health & spirits
our company was composed of American
English, Scotch, Irish, Weltch, & Dutch
We went into Liverpool & visited several
Noted places the New Market, costom house,
Lord Nelsons monument which is much
Noted in England &c all of which were qu-
ite splendid. We took supper in white chapel
& logings in Clark street at the Bir-
mingham arms {and may the Lord henceforth deliver me from
such a place}. Distance from the middle of the Atlan-
tic Ocean to Liverpool England 1750 mi
12th
I wrote three Letters during the
evening one to Elder P. P. Pratt one to
Ilus Carter, & one to Phebe
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