3rd Passed Holly Head at 9 oclok took Pilot on
board at 10 oclok he pressed on all sail. He
informed us that that the steemer & the Europe
both got in on Sonday the 29th Dec easterly
winds have prevailed in the channel for six weeks
it is a busy day with us getting ready to go on
shore, we were towed with a steemer within
5 miles of Liverpool, they cast anchor I took the
steemer with my family & went to Liverpool but
getting on the boat I came near being
pushed into the water & when the boat landed
at the Dock before we gont on shore it pushed
of[f] again & had to return to the dock in order
to land us we took cab & called at
36 Chapel st Lverpool in order to find Elder
Hedlock but no one was in so we spent the
night at Pig & whistle No 20 Chapel st & was
truly glad to set our feet on shore again
after being confined to the ship at sea 27 days
The whole distance from New York to Liverpool
is three thousand eight hundred miles 3,800 miles
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