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Castle | Castle Garden was a very busy and important immigrant receiving station. To illustrate, in 1869, 2884 letters written from immigrants to their friends were forwarded, over $41,000 was sent from these friends in return. Also in 1869, 4393 telegraph messages were forwarded, and 1351 answers were received. Also, 504 steamers and 209 sailing vessels arrived carrying passengers.<ref>Krbechek, Blanche. "About Castle Garden: Notes from an 1871 Article." ''Kashubian Association of North America Newsletter'' (Summer 2008): 4-5.</ref> | ||
===Castle Garden Records=== | ===Castle Garden Records=== | ||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">Records from Castle Garden can be found at [https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/expanded-passenger-records-release The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.]. Records (numbering around 11 million) range from 1820 to 1892.</span> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">Records from Castle Garden can be found at [https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/expanded-passenger-records-release The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.]. Records (numbering around 11 million) range from 1820 to 1892.</span> | ||