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( This is an exact copy of the family record written by Johann Peter Anschutz father of C. P. .Anschutz )

....... Excerpt of SKETCH OF THE ANSHUTZ FAMILY

In the spring of 1818 Peter Anshutz left their old much lamented home & freinds (friends) for America, in wagons. Many friends old and young followed on foot to see them off. Tears were shed on both sides in great plenty. I think they got to the river Rhine the first day. They passed the town of Wooms, next town was Manis. Here they let the wagons go back and took a boat for Kelton, dont (don't) know how for (far) it was from place to place. (You can find these places on maps. Was in Hotel at Marrs. Mother forgot a price of bedding on leaving) After reaching Kelton they again took a boat. They next got on a canal boat through Holland to the city of Amstredarn (Amsterdam). Here we seen the first salt water. We went to a hotel and remained about three weeks I suppose waiting to get an American ship, such as his brothers that were in America had advised him to embark in. Here they seen the first negro that they had ever seen and the first brown sugar ever seen by the family loaf sugar being the only sugar used in the country. As large vessels cant (can't) get near the city of Amstredwn (Amsterdam) they went on a small like sail vessle (vessel) to Texel and here was the ship, we were to sailin (sail in) across the Atlantic Ocean named William of Baltimore. This ship left Baltimore for Africa for a cargo of Coffee, for Amasterdam (Amsterdam), and was now on her way home, entirely empty, except ballast. How long they remained at Texel I do not know, but it was several days. Ships then had no steam tow boats to tow them in and out of the harbors as now. At last we got under way with nothing on board neither freight nor passengers excepting Peter Anshutz family and sand for ballast. The cabin is in the stem of the boat and the sailors, or crew, in the forcastl(e). The whole balance of the ship was for us. We sailed through the English channel westward toward sunset every evening for 9 weeks. If we had storms I know nothing of them, I will say as it looks to me now that the voyage was a very pleasant one. Being early summer the weather was fine. The ship had got two monkeys from Africa where they had taken on the Coffee. The monkeys were about the second size that is about XXX2-1/2 (this was marked out with XXX in the original) ft hig(h). They run (ran) loose over the rigging as they pleased and the boys had much fun watching the monkeys which were up in the rigging. They were very shy.

One day Christian the 2nd son seeing the monkeys out of sight thought it a good chance to slip in and examine their nest. This was in a life boat on the main deck, in the stern of this boat. Thinking the monkeys out of sight he stooped down when up in the little boat to examine the nest. They seen him at their nest and before he could raise up they were down and jumped on his head and back and begun to woll (?) him and pull out handfulls (sp,) of hair. They did not seem to want to bite but pulled his hair severely. He got away as best he could and the monkeys were not disturbed again. Arrived in Baltimore and went to a hotel and stayed (stayed) there several days. Then engage(d) 2 or 3 road wagons with 6 horses to each. We weighed the stuff and the whole family on scales and got into the wagons and stared (started) for Pittsburg (sp). The bargain was so much 100#.

These teamsters were pleasant lively men. Stoped (stopped) at Hotel every night. Then followed another long journey and we arrived in Pittsburg (Pittsburgh) sometime in August the year 1818. Were kindly received by by (appears twice) Uncle Georges (George's) ....