Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)
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~ Tuesday
16th We started in good season & continued over the
mountains in good order arived at the canal at sunset
the other two boats are behing [behind] we road all night Elder
Boynton was taken quite sick
~ Wednesday
17th All well this morning cool but cloudy we cont-
inued throug the day on the canal
~ Thursday
18 A plesant day we arived in Pittsburgh at 12
oclock All quite as well as could be expected I was
visited by several steem Boat captains who wishd
to take our company to St Louis I finally made a
contract with Captain Devinney of the De Wit Clinton
to take our company to St Louis on the following ter[ms]
cabin passage $8, steerage $2, freight 20 cts per
100 lbs & He agreed to wait for our other Boats to
come up most of us spent the night on board
the section Boat. I received A letter stateing that
the Hind Boat had met with an accident knocked a
hole in the boat & detained them two days to mend
it distance from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh [blank]
~ Friday
19th
I Received another letter from the hind
boat requesting us to tarry untill they come the
second Boat containing Elder L Hardy & company
arived this morning. We unloaded both boats &
weighed all the baggage & carried all the baggage
on board of the De Wit Clinton And assigned
the Berths to the company & we waited patiently for
the Arival of the last Boat
~ Saturday
20th We spent most of the day getting our baggage into
the Hole [hull] of the Boat
~ Sunday
21st Sunday we spent the day on board of the boat
~ Monday
22nd Monday the last Boat arived this morning we took
all the Baggage & company on board of the steemer
And assigned all their berths making 212 souls in
all of our company & we had nearly 200 other
passengers in the steerage & cabin making near
400 passengers in all
~ Tuesday
223rd We started about 4 oolok this morning down the
Ohio we travled well through the day. The captain & all
hands & officers on board are vary kind to me & all my com[pa]
ny I never saw a captain of a Boat take more pains to ma[ke]
a company comfortable than Captain Devinney
~ Wednesday
24th The weather is delightful to day the peach trees are all
in Bloom upon each side of the River we are sailing rapidly do[wn]
the River
~ Thursday
25th We Arived at Cincinnati at 11 oclok And spent the
day & night Here I called upon Brother Mary weather at
~ Tuesday
16th We started in good season & continued over the mountains in good order arived at the canal at sunset the other two boats are behind we road all night Elder Boynton was taken quite sick
~ Wednesday
17th All well this morning cool but cloudy we continued throug the day on the canal
~ Thursday
18 A plesant day we arived in Pittsburgh at 12 oclock All quite as well as could be expected I was visited by several steem Boat captains who wishd to take our company to St Louis I finally made A contract with Captain Devinney of the De Wit Clinton to take our company to St Louis on the following terms cabin passage $8, steerage $2, freight 20 cts per 100 lbs & He agreed to wait for our other Boats to come up most of us spent the night on board the section Boat. I received A letter stateing that the Hind Boat had met with an accident knocked a hole in the boat & detained them two days to mend it distance from Philedelphia to Pittsburgh [blank]
~ Friday
19th [FIGURE] I Received another letter from the hind boat requesting us to tarry untill they come the second Boat containing Elder L Hardy & company arived this morning. We unloaded both boats & weighed all the baggage & carried all the baggage on board of the De Wit Clinton And assigned the Berths to the company & we waited patiently for the Arival of the last Boat
~ Saturday
20th We spent most of the day getting our baggage into the Hole hull of the Boat
~ Sunday
21st Sunday we spent the day on board of the boat
~ Monday
22nd Monday the last Boat arived this morning we took all the Baggage & company on board of the steemer And assigned all their berths making 212 souls in all of our company & we had nearly 200 other passengers in the steerage & cabin making near 400 passengers in all
~ Tuesday
23rd We started about 4 oolok this morning down the Ohio we travled well through the day. The Captain & all hands & officers on board are vary kind to me & all my compa ny I never saw a captain of a Boat take more pains to make A company comfortable than Captain Devinney
~ Wednesday
24th The weather is delightful to day the peach trees are all in Bloom upon each side of the River we are sailing rapidly down the River
~ Thursday
25th We Arived at Cincinnati at 11 oclok And spent the day & night Here I called upon Brother Mary weather at