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Day in the Life

Oct 7, 1839

Journal Entry

October 07, 1839 ~ Monday

Oct 7th I took the parting hand with father Mother & Sister & took the stage to Hartford & went on
board the steemer Cleopatra for the city of New York at 2 oclok P.M. & we arived at the city N Y
at 6 oclok next morning the whole distance of the day 170 m[iles]

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
577 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
266 mentions
Family
Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family

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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
New York City, New York County, New York

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

many days. I left on the , and visited New York, Long Island, and New Jersey, in very poor health.

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

days. I left on the , and visited New York, Long Island, and New Jersey, in very poor health.

Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1

On the Monday following , I felt sufficiently returned to health to continue my journey I took the parting hand with my Father, Mother, & Sister and

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

the , [blank] and visited New York, Long Island, ^&^ New Jersey; but was in very poor health.

Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)

7th I took the parting hand with father, Mother, & Sister, & took the stage to Hartford, & went on board the steamer Cleopatra for the city of New York at 2 oclock P.M. & we arived at the City N Y. at 6 ocl ock next morning the whole distance of the day 170 [miles]

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

ague for many days, I left my fathers house on the and visited New York Long Island, New Jersey and various parts of the country but was ^in^ very poor health

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

my journey on the and arrived at New York

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November 1839
Times and Seasons, official Church newspaper, first published in Nauvoo, Illinois (continuously published until February 1846).

Oct 7, 1839