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From Liverpool To Keokuk: The Mormon Maritime Migration Experience Of 1853, Fred E. Woods
From Liverpool To Keokuk: The Mormon Maritime Migration Experience Of 1853, Fred E. Woods
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In January, Fifty-three, we left our English home, Determined for the Gospel's sake, to Zion's land to come. Our family was very small, its members numbered three, Yet strong in faith of Israel's God, and full of hope were we. 'Twas not to us an easy task to bid old friends adieu, To take a long farewell of those who always had been true, To leave for aye, the cozy home we made but just before, And take a last fond look of things we should behold no more; The wind blew keen, as out we went into the cold …
The 1853 Mormon Migration Through Keokuk, Fred E. Woods, Douglas Atterberg
The 1853 Mormon Migration Through Keokuk, Fred E. Woods, Douglas Atterberg
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In May 1853, William W. Belknap, who would later serve as a major general in the Civil War and as secretary of war to President Grant, wrote to his sister, Clara, about the Mormon emigrants who were outfitting in Keokuk, Iowa, that spring and summer: "Yesterday was Sunday and I wish you had been here to go up to the Mormon Camp with me. They had preaching at three stands in three languages--English, German, and Danish. They sing --especially the Danes--very sincerely and are perfectly enthusiastic. It is a strange, strange mystery and if you were here you'd be astonished. …