Thomas Bullock and Missionaries Protected During Atlantic Voyage
Published October 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Thomas Bullock and several other missionaries, including James S. Brown, H. Tippets, William Brown, Henry Harris, Thomas Peirce, and Daniel Page, jun., safely arrived in Liverpool on the 11th of January 1857 after traveling from Great Salt Lake City, having crossed the Atlantic and arriving per the 'Guy Mannering' from New York.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 19, No. 4, 24 January 1857, p. 62):
ARRIVALS.—The following brethren arrived in Liverpool on the 11th of January, per ship Guy Mannering, from New York:—Thomas Bullock, James S. Brown, H. Tippets, William Brown, Henry Harris, Thomas Peirce, and Daniel Page, jun.
In Their Own Words
“Thomas Bullock, James S. Brown, H. Tippets, William Brown, Henry Harris, Thomas Peirce, and Daniel Page, jun., missionaries from Great Salt Lake City, arrived in Liverpool on the 11th instant, per Guy Mannering, from New York. They left that port on the 21st of December. — Millennial Star 19:4”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 24 January 1857 (Vol. 19, No. 4). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1857-01-24_19_4 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 19, No. 4, 24 January 1857, p. 62 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1857-01-24_19_4
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