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English
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"Pronounced Clean, Comfortable, and Good Looking" : The Passage of Mormon Immigrants through the Port of Philadelphia
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Mormon Historical Studies
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2005
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A total of eight ships carried Latter-day Saints from Europe to Philadelphia in 1855, 1857, and 1886. Due to yellow fever and cholera epidemics in New Orleans, the customary port of arrival, immigrants were rerouted through Philadelphia in 1855 and 1857. The Mormon, an LDS periodical in New York which existed from 1855 to 1857, made emigration one of its primary topics. In 1886, due to New York officials trying briefly to control Latter-day Saint immigration after two decades of immigration through New York City, one ship, the British King, sailed into Philadelphia to avoid delays in New York. In addition to describing the voyages and the Saints' experiences in Philadelphia, Woods gives a brief history of the Church in Philadelphia from 1839 to 1855.
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Ships, Saints, and Mariners : A Maritime Encyclopedia of Mormon Migration, 1830-1890
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The Knights at Castle Garden : Latter-day Saint Immigration Agents at New York