"......the long
journey is over, the new life begun. Those who have no friends run the
gauntlet of the boarding-house
runners and take their chances with the new freedom,
unless the missionary or "the
society" of their people holds out a helping hand. For
at the barge-office gate Uncle
Sam lets go. Through it they must walk alone."
---Jacob Riis, Century Magazine,
1903
A Lady Traveling Steerage- Boston Evening Transcript - December 21, 1892
Castle Garden - How Immigrants are Received in New York - Franklin Democrat - August 25, 1882
Twelve Ships Make A Midnight Dash With 10,000 Aliens - New York Times, July 1, 1923
~~~~~~~~ The Immigration Experience
This very comprehensive Web Page by Lou Alfano has much information about Castle Garden, the Barge Office and Ellis Island. The following nine articles are linked from this page.(1) Castle Garden - Experiences of an English Immigrant - New York Times, December 12, 1866
(2) Burial of Immigrants - New York Times, April 12, 1874
(3) The Detained Immigrant - Harper's Weekly - August 26, 1893
(4) The National Quarantine - Harper's Weekly - August 26, 1893 (5) Battered Ships Reach Port - Many Evidences of a September Hurricane's Fury - New York Times, September 177, 1894
(6) Opens the Door to Fraud - How Food Is Sold At Ellis Island - New York Times, December 13, 1894.
(7) The Influx of Italians - New York Times, December 8, 1897
(8) The Barge Office - New York Times Magazine, August 14, 1898
(9) Abuses At The Barge Office -New York Times, June 30, 1900
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