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Day in the Life

Aug 7, 1838

Journal Entry

August 07, 1838 ~ Tuesday

7 I left Thomaston wharf on board a sail boat in company with Brother Thomas & Mr Spaldin for
fox Islands. We arived at Brother Sterretts in the afternoon after spending a short time with them
I walked to Brother Ephraim Luce & to Br Stephen Luce & spent the night distance of the day 18 mile
I found Br & Sister Luce strong in the faith. A hand pointing to the right I received a letter from Elder Thomas B. Marsh
from Zion in answer to the one I wrot to the Bishop & Presidency & Saints in Zion they
are both published in the 3rd No. of the Elders Journal

People

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Starrett, Cyrus
21 Feb 1802 - 31 Dec 1879
31 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Partridge, Edward
27 Aug 1793 - 27 May 1840
56 mentions
Luce, Ephraim
30 Sep 1799 - 2 Mar 1880
35 mentions
Maine Mission
Spaulding, Joseph Ingraham
21 Oct 1802 - 5 Feb 1871
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Luce Wickens, Mary Wheeler
31 Aug 1801 - 26 Oct 1879
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Thomas, Nathaniel
abt. 1803-1844
73 mentions
Maine Mission
Luce, Stephen
10 Jul 1801 - 28 Apr 1872
25 mentions
Maine Mission
102 mentions
Apostle

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East Thomaston, Lincoln County, Maine
Fox Islands, Waldo County, Maine

Related Documents

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

I arrived .

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

where I arrived .

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

On the I received a letter from Thomas B Marsh informing me of my appointment to fill the place in the Quorum of the Twelve of one who had fallen and I was requested to come to Far West as soon as possible to prepare for a mission to England in the spring. I immediately visited all the Saints upon both Islands and earnestly exhorted them to sell their property and prepare themselves to accompany me to the body of the Church in Missouri. Several immediately sold their property but many were poor and had not the means to. Brother Nathaniel Thomas said he would furnish means to help off all the poor saints upon Fox Islands who wished

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

arrived there on the . Here on the I was presented with the following letter from President Thomas B. Marsh: Called to the Twelve (A copy of a letter written by Thomas B. Marsh to Wilford Woodruff) Far West, July 14th 1838. Elder Wilford Woodruff. Sir, A few days since President Joseph Smith Jun and some others were assembled to attend to some Church business when it was thought proper to select those who were designed of the Lord to fill the places of those of the Twelve who had fallen away namely Wm. E. Mc Lellin Lyman E. Johnson Luke Johnson and John F Bointon. The persons selected were John E Page, John Taylor Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards. On the following day five of the Twelve with President Rigdon and some others met and resolved that President Rigdon write to Brother Richards who is now in England and inform him of his appointment and that P. P. Pratt write to Orson Pratt and inform him that the Lord has commanded that the Twelve assemble in this place in this place as soon as possible and that I should write to yourself.

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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.

Aug 7, 1838