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Day in the Life

Jul 5, 1838

Journal Entry

July 05, 1838 ~ Thursday

5 I took the rail car at Worcester at 6 oclock & reached Boston at 8 oclock distance 46 miles I had an
interview with Elder Ball at Butoph street No 12 & spent the day with him in the city of Boston
I had an interview with Sister Vose Murtle street No 9. I took the steem boat Portland at 7 oclock PM. she
left the wharf & started for the city of Portland we passed through a heavy thunder storm in the fore
part of the night at 12 oclock we were half way to Portland the whole distance of this day 106 miles

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Ball, Joseph T.
21 Feb 1804 - 20 Sep 1861
52 mentions
Maine Mission
Sayers, Ruth Daggett Vose
26 Feb 1808 - 18 Aug 1884
31 mentions

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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Daybook (9 May - 9 July 1838)
5th I took the rail car at Worcester at 6 oclock & reached Boston
Daybook (9 May - 9 July 1838)
at 8 oclock distance 46 miles I had an interview with Elder Ball ^butoph street No 12^ & spent the day with him in the city of Boston I also had an interview with Sister Voice ^Murtle St 9^ I took the steam Boat portland at 7 o'clock P.M. she left the wharf & started for the city of portland we passed through a heavy thunder storm the fore part of the night at 12 oclock we were half way to portland the whole distance I traveled this day was 106 miles
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
I arrived in Boston on the and took the steam boat Portland at 7 p.m. and started for the city of Portland. In the morning we saw a Spanish flag of distress at sea. We approached her and found her to be ^the wreck of^ a Spanish brig. They had been wrecked about 10 days but all the crew was on board and no lives lost. We towed her into Portland. We arrived at 8 a.m. and after taking breakfast with my brother-in-law Ezra Carter I visited some book stores and purchased an Album for Mrs Woodruff. I then walked to Scarborough and had the pleasure of again greeting my wife and friends in peace and prosperity. Some days after this I received an interesting letter from Elder Jonathan Hale in which he stated that Joseph was in Missouri and receiving the word of the Lord daily Birth of a Daughter Sarah Emma Woodruff

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August 9, 1838
Wilford receives news of his calling as an apostle; and call to go on mission to England with apostles.

Jul 5, 1838