January 13, 1840 ~ Monday

Jan 13^th I took Breakfast & went on board of the Oxford
& found the passengers taking their trunks & goods
on shore to go to the costom house to be exa
mined & I found it to be a scene of the
greatest confusion I ever past through
but after much jaming crouding
& mucking about we were permited
to depart with our things after paying
16 pense per lbs for all the Books we had
as duty upon them. The trunkman then
took our trunks & Boxes to Mr
George Cannon Norfork Street No 43
he was a Brother in Law of Elder Taylors
we deposited our provision chest & a
box containing our bed & beding wi-
th him. We took our trunks
& went to the rail road depo & their
took a car for Preston Lancashire
England & for the first mile the cars run
under ground on a track that was cut
out of a solid rock while their was building
& inhabitants over our heads [FIGURES] {victory to the crown}
We started from Liverpool about 6 oclock &

January 13, 1840 ~ Monday

Jan 13th I took Breakfast & went on board of the Oxford & found the passengers taking their trunks & goods on shore to go to the Costom house to be exa mined & I found it to be a scene of the greatest confusion I ever past though but after much jaming crouding & mucking about we were permited to depart with our things after paying 6 pense per lbs for all the books we had as duty upon them. The trunkman then took our trunks & Boxes to Mr George Cannon Norfork Street No 43 he was a Brother in Law of Elder Taylors we deposited our provision chest & a box containing our bed & beding wi th him. We took our trunks & went to the rail road depo & their took a car for Preston Lancashire England & for the first mile the cars run under ground on a track that was cut out of a solid rock while their was building & inhabitants over our heads. FIGURES {victory to the crown} We started from Liverpool about 6 oclock &