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Day in the Life

Nov 1, 1839

Journal Entry

November 01, 1839 ~ Friday

NOV 1st I accompanied the above named brethren on board the Packet ship
Tarolinta Capt Smith bound for Liverpool. they took steerage passage and
looked quite comfortable. After committing thes Beloved brethren unto God
I took the parting hand with them. I was expecting to go with them, but thought
it wisdom to tarry untill more of the quorum of the Twelve arived so that we might
hold a conference in New York before we set sail. May the Lord grant those Brethre[n]
a safe passage I Pray. I travled over the city much during the day. Sister Pratt had
a sick day with the chills & fever. his two children have it also 3 m

People

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Pratt, Mary Ann Frost
14 Jan 1809 - 24 Aug 1891
21 mentions
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
524 mentions
Apostle

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England
New York
New York City, New York County, New York

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

—I assisted Elders Clark, Wright and Mulliner to set sail for England. Elder John Taylor had recovered from his sickness,

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

—I assisted Elders Clark, Wright and Mulliner, to set sail for England. Elder John Taylor had re- covered from his sickness, and arrived

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

I assisted Elders Clark, Wright, & Mulliner, to sail for England. Elder

Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)

NOV 1st I accompanied three Elders viz Clark, Wright, & S. Mullener on board the packet ship Tarolinta Capt Smith, bound for Liverpool, they took steerage passage & looked quite comfortable. After committing these Dear Saints unto God I took the parting hand with

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1

I accompanied Elders Clark Wright and Mullenar on board the packet ship Tarolinta Capt. Smith bound for Liverpool I had expected to go with these brethren but thought it wisdom to tarry until more of the quorum of the Twelve arrived so that we might hold a Conference in New York before we started for England Soon after this I saw in a dream Mrs Woodruff in deep afliction at Montrose but I did not see our child. This was in reality the case of my wife. Elder Orson Pratt arrived in New York

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November 1839
Times and Seasons, official Church newspaper, first published in Nauvoo, Illinois (continuously published until February 1846).
1840
Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Nov 1, 1839