April 27th We had entered into a covenant to see the poor Saints all mooved out of Missouri into Illinois
that they might be delivered from under the hand of such vile persecution & we have spared no pains
to accomplish this object untill the Lord hath given us the desires of our hearts in this thing & we
have now the last company of the poor with us that can be removed. Br Parley P Pratt one of the Twelve
& Morris Phelps are still in prision & of course we shall be under the necessity of leaving them for a
season. early this morning we commenced our Journey from this groove in upper Missouri to return to
Quincy Ill the company consisted of seven of the twelve & a number of the committy & several other
families of the Saints. We continued our Journey & crossed the Missisippi River on the steam ferry
at Quincy on the 2nd Day of May & spent the night with my family in Quincy being 6 Days on the rode from the
[FIGURE] R grove to Quincy & travled 163 miles. Distance 163 miles
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