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The American Ship Lines had 3 sailings a week from Liverpool to Philadelphia and in the year 1882 alone, 17,342 passengers arrived from Liverpool. The line had four ships that traveled "via" Liverpool and Queenstown to Philadelphia. They were called Kensington, Southwark, Haverford and Merion. The Merion is the ship that carried our Cafferty and Boland ancestors to America. All in all, the ship brought in around 20,000 immigrants each year between 1880 and 1910 from England/Ireland.

More about the Philadelphia: www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=phil1

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American Line's SS Philadelphia arrived in New York from Liverpool on Feb. 22, 1917, particularly newsworthy in light of heightened tensions with Germany and the break in diplomatic relations: "The American liner Philadelphia, the only passenger vessel flying the American flag to risk a trip across the Atlantic since the German submarine decree became effective, arrived at her pier at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon with 243 passengers on board." More at query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C04E7DE123BEE... The ship's Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_Paris_%281888%29

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Art Siegel: Thanks for the further information on the SS Philadelphia. We will improve this record and the others related to this ship.

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