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Feb 23, 1838

Journal Entry

February 23, 1838 ~ Friday

23 visited the village of Belfast & many of the principle men we procured a place for preaching
& according to appointment we met several hundred citizens in the brick schoolhouse I preached
to them ion the gospel they manifested a desire to hear further upon the subject & they wished to
purchased the Book of Mormon. We spent the night with Mr Tapply. During the day we repaired to
to the sea shore & clensed our feet with pure water & bore testimony against eight housholds before
God who had rejected us or turned us from their dDoors the evening before 3 miles

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Tapley, Thomas
15 Mar 1794 - 20 Dec 1889
8 mentions
Maine Mission

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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On the we visited arround the village of Belfast calling upon many of the principal men. We procured a place for preaching and according to appointment met several hundred citizens in the brick school house to whom I preached the Gospel. They desired to hear farther upon the subject and wished to purchase the Book of Mormon

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Feb 23, 1838