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The journey to America

On the 1st of August, 1873 at 11:00 AM we left Copenhagen and were ferried out to Rheden where we proceeded to board the steamship Washington which after 20 days at sea brought us to New York. We had lunch at 1:00 PM, raised anchor at 2:30 PM and passed by Helsingør at about 4:45 PM. On the second I became seasick and continued to be sick until we reached New York. The 3rd was a Sunday and we were served soup and meat for lunch. We had bad weather that day.

At 4:00 AM on the 4th I got up and got a little bit of food and a Danish schnapps. At 11:19 AM we saw England's coast to our right. 11:45 PM we saw the coast of France to our left. At 12:30 we saw a seagull on the coast of England. Lunch was at 1:00 PM and consisted of peas with pork. Passed by a tall tower, a gangway, tall chalk cliffs, railroad tracks going over a tall bridge. 1:00 PM - we passed by a large town. 1:26 PM - we passed by another town and were almost half a mile from shore. We could see forests, mountains, valleys, fields, bushes, roads, hedges and ditches. We then sailed towards the South-West. At 2:00 PM we saw a windmill. At 2:15 PM we spotted a fishing camp with ten boats.  

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At 2:25 PM we passed a lighthouse sitting about a quarter of a mile from the coast. 3:09 PM we spot a mountain. Around 4:30 PM we could see the English coast again. At 4:45 PM all children under fourteen were vaccinated for pox. 6:40 PM we saw the coast of France again. At 7:45 PM we saw a large cliff of chalk, or perhaps it was limestone. At 8:45 PM we saw a lighthouse followed by a small inland lake. 9:30 PM - a large forest. 10:00 PM - a lighthouse. 11:00 PM, evening, dropped anchor just outside a small harbor. We raised anchor at 5:00 AM on Tuesday the 5th. We spotted the coast of England again. At 7:00 AM we sailed into Le Havre in France where there was a large store of limestone sitting on the quay. Some pigeons were the first birds we saw in France. While we were there, our ship was loaded with chisseled pieces of limestone. Le Havre is a wild town for strangers. We passed some streets, a harbor, an alley, barracks, another harbor - a forest and yet another harbor. There was a pile of cattle horns that covered two bushels of land. There was probably a factory near by that made delousing combs or the likes.

An orange cost four Schilling, half a bottle of beer cost fourteen Schilling. A bottle of moonshine that wasn't worth drinking went for seven Mark.