Abstract The Gibson Condie papers (1847-1904) include a copy of a page from the book I Sailed to Zion by Susan Arrington Madsen and Fred E. Woods, as well as a typescript of his diary. Gibson Condie was born in Scotland in 1835 and was converted with his family to the LDS Church. In 1849 he sailed with his parents to New Orleans on the ship Zetland.