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Oct 8, 1841

Journal Entry

October 08, 1841 ~ Friday

8th I am quite undecided which way to turn
or whare to settle myself the temporal business
of the Church is laid upon the hands of the
Twelve it has been thought best by some to
of our quorum for me to go to Warsaw with
Elder Richard. Sister kimball deliverd to us all the
things which I had sent to Phebe from England
by Elder Turley which were left in her hands
I paid R Cahoon $5 dollars for Dwight Webster
for the house of the Lord

On looking over all my accounts & expenses
from New York to Nauvoo & I found that all
the expenses of my family travelling expenses
&c from the 20th Aug in New York to the 8th Oct
in Nauvoo amounted in all to $238.21 cts
I met in conference with the Twelve & among
other business they voted that I should locate
myself in Nauvoo. I looked over my accounts
with Sister Nelson & she is indetted to me $1 dollar

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Webster, Dwight
13 Apr 1814 - 19 Aug 1868
133 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1577 mentions
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Cahoon, Reynolds
30 Apr 1790 - 29 Apr 1861
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
Kimball, Vilate Murray
1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
538 mentions
Apostle

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Oct 8, 1841