Boston Harbor, 1856 by Fitz Henry Lane
This is the first view of America that greeted the Saints of the Martin Company when they sailed into Boston Harbor. At the time, the population of Boston was around 15,500 so the arrival of close to 850 emigrants (not all LDS converts) on the Horizon would have been quite a spectacle. During the passage from England, the ship reported that three of the passengers had died.
This drawing from 1855 shows a contemporary view of the city of Boston.
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