There a ppears to be some conflict about when the steamboat Clyde shown up in St. Louis with the immigrants that had actually voyaged throughout the Atlantic aboard the Johann Georg. Nevertheless, a post in a St. Louis paper stated that the Clyde had actually shown up on January 24, 1839, so that is the date that is acceptable to most, and it is the reason that I am composing this post on this day.

It needs to have been a genuine relief to individuals who had actually very first shown up in St. Louis and were waiting on the remainder of the members of the Gesellschaft. The reality that another ship had actually finished its journey to America should have put smiles on the faces of both individuals waiting in St. Louis and the ones showing up on the Clyde.

The other day, I continued my look for proof of the Gesellschaft ships showing up in New Orleans. One that …