Wednesday, October 6
"At about 10 o'clock in the morning our relatives accompanied us to the Herford train station.  From there we traveled to Bremen.

Thursday, October 7, 1852
In Bremen we boarded a small steamboat at about half past eleven o'clock. From there we went onto the big steamer Washington.

Friday, Oct. 8
At 9 o'clock in the morning we set out into the roiling sea. An hour later we were all seasick.

Saturday, Oct. 9
We were unwell all day long.

Sunday, Oct. 10th
The sea was calm and thus our health was somewhat restored. That morning we saw land in the distance. As we approached the coast we saw the beginning of England and soon beside it we saw Cowes with its cheerful looking houses. That evening we arrived in the port of Southampton."

October 1852

"What is happening with the war between the Texans and the Indian tribes?  It was in the newspapers here a while ago.  It is 11 o'clock at night and I must go to my little Elisabeth, so I will close for now. Write back very soon, a letter from you is always such a joy to us."
March 1859

"My journey here went quite well except that on Thursday morning, on the stage from Columbus to Eagle Lake, I had to ride on the box and thereby took a chill so that I was scarcely able to speak the next day. However, this nuisance has passed almost completely. Eagle Lake is a small place that is just coming into existence. In cold weather there is as yet no place for a stranger to stay. There are a good many people here but only a few campsites were left, and I was told that there was only one bed to be had in town."
January 1860

"In N. O. I met with a small dilemma as no steamboats were leaving for Cincinnati for the next four days. In fact, only a few boats were being loaded for the upper Mississippi and therefore the passage to Cairo (and also to St. Louis) was $20.00. There was still yellow fever in New Orleans and rather than to spend money there for 4 - 6 days, I preferred to immediately take a boat bound for St. Louis, which left that same day. It was the Gipson, a simple but good enough boat."
November 1855

"This was approved, he passed, and with his sixth-form diploma he now approached the higher-up military authorities. They denied him but advised him to turn to the king, who gave him credit for the year he had served as a volunteer soldier (he also wrote that this was a one-time permission that would never again be granted).  I then had to pay a compensation of 70 taler and 3 taler for private lessons. Dear Eduard, you can imagine how we rejoiced at his success."
September 1866

"Our children in Milwaukee are well, thank God. I am expecting a letter soon. Paul wrote in his last letter that on July 4th he will be in Madison as a delegate to the assembly of the Tennessee and Wisconsin soldiers. He was pleased to go because his congregation was to have a Sunday school picnic on that day and he had not been able to push through his petition to leave out the beer so as not to promote drinking. My husband was also very concerned that this year, as in every year so far, a picnic would be had with beer and the attendant mischief; but yesterday he returned from the church council session very glad because it was decided not to have a picnic. It is likely that part of the congregation will not like this, but he was pleased that the church council plucked up the courage for its decision. Unfortunately, not everyone did so because of their aversion to the issue itself but rather because of the "rumpus" it would stir up for them."
E. Binner, Georgia, July 1872