Day in the Life

Dec 13, 1837

Journal Entry

December 13, 1837 ~ Wednesday

13th Crossed the Harbour in the Mail boat to North fox
Island
I receieved four letters & two papers one letter
from Elder A O Smoot under date of far west Mo
Sept 23rd 1837. One from Elder Jonathan H Hale from
Kirtland Nov 18th. One from Elder Nathaniel Holmes
or wife New Rowley Nov 19th. And the other from
Brother Asahel Woodruff Terre Haute Nov 24th 1837
I walked to Brother Ames & found {my} friends well I here
saw the first No of the Elders Journal of the Church of
Latter Day Saints which warmed my soul this with
my letters made it a day of interest to me I spent the
night with Mrs Woodruff at Brother Ames {distance} 15 m

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Holmes, Abigail Poor
29 Jan 1791 - 2 Feb 1860
Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1814
11 Apr 1814 - 18 Oct 1838
203 mentions
Family
Ames, Ebenezer
abt. 1775-bef. 1850
15 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Hale, Jonathan Harriman
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
151 mentions
Missionary
Holmes, Nathaniel
15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1579 mentions
Family

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
On the I returned again to the North Island, where I held several meetings, and then crossed over to the South Island.
Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
On the I returned again to the North Island, where I held several meetings, and then crossed over to the South Island.

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Dec 13, 1837