"Anne Spriggs" <easpriggs@adelphia.net> asked about a Pugh family who landed in New York 23 Aug. 1870 on the City of Washington. I can't help with the family but here is the arrival report (quite newsy). New York Times, 23 Aug. 1870 Arrived New York, August 22 Steam-ship City of Washington (Br.,) [captain] Jones, Liverpool Aug. 11 and Queenstown 12, with mdse. and 618 passengers to [agent] John G. Dale. Experienced fine weather the entire passage. Aug. 15 lat 49 31 lon 29 21, passed ship Harvest Queen, hence for Liverpool; same time passed bark Thames (Br.) bound W.; 18th lat 43 28 lon 48 30, passed ship Athenais (Br.) from Antwerp for Philadelphia; same time passed a Cunard steamer bound E., 19th, lat 42 24 lon 51 35, exchanged colors with steam-ship City of Limerick, from Liverpool for New York; 21st, lat 41 12 lon 65 26, passed ship Trimountain, Williams from Liverpool for New York. On the same page was this note: The arrivals at Castle Garden yesterday were the Paraguay from Havre, with 112 emigrants, and the Colorado from Liverpool with 375; total, 487. [I wish the NYT had published these summaries every day.] -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------