now Dear Brother I will procede to give you a history
of my Journy acros the Atlantick we had A verry
rough passage I was verry sick about three days and
nights milton was not so sick as he was a going over
we had head winds and the power of steam was not
suficient to drive her against the wind we had the
cry of Fire four times aboard of the ship and
on the 10th of this month 9 'o clock in the morning
A Squall Struck us with all her sail spread
striped five sail all to pieces and tore some
others considerable and done much others Damage
the passengers were much fri^gh^ted and Expected
we should be lost but we were preserved by
him who rules the Heavens and the sea an[page torn]
things we then next run aground on the Ha[page torn]
Shoules making us 31 days on the ship [page torn]
I grew sick of the screw propeller they
threw over many Bags of salt to lighten
her and took out one schooner load from her
and she would not come up out of the sand we
took A pilot Boat with the rest of the stereage
passengers and went into New Bedford stayed
all knight next Day took the cars for Boston
and Bradford Dome the Buisness that we were
to do in New York in Boston but have not
had any anser yet from them but no Dout
it was done right I expect to se Brother Branen
next week and then I shall know all about
matters and things and I will write all the
particulrers next time
now Dear Brother I will procede to give you a history
of my journey acros the Atlantick we had A verry
rough passage I was verry sick about three days and
nights milton was not so sick as he was a going over
we had head winds and the power of Steam was not
suficient to drive her against the wind we had the
Cry of Fire four times aboard of the Ship and
on the 10th of this month 9 o clock in the morning
A Squall Struck us with all her sail spread
Striped five sail all to pieces and tore some
others considerable and done much others Damage
the passengers were much frighted and Expected
we should be Lost but we were preserved by
him who rules the Heavens and the sea anpage torn
things we then next run aground on the Hapage torn
Shoules making us 31 days on the ship page torn
I grew sick of the Screw propeller they
threw over many Bags of Salt to Lighten
her and took out one schooner Load from her
and she would not come up out of the sand we
took A Pilot Boat with the rest of the stereage
passengers and went into New Bedford Stayed
all knight next Day took the cars for Boston
and Bradford Dome the Buisness that we were
to do in New York in Boston but have not
had any anser yet from them but no Dout
it was done right I expect to se Brother Branen
next week and then I shall know all about
matters and things and I will write all the
particulrers next time
"Letter from Leonard Wilford Hardy, 27 November 1845," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wmG8