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They say that when they were ready to embark, they were refused permission to leave their country, and Jonas Olson, one of their leaders, had to go to the king, who, on his prayer, finally allowed them to depart. The first ship-load left Galfa in the summer of 1846, and arrived at Bishop Hill in October of that year.
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