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Nov 20, 1839

Journal Entry

November 20, 1839 ~ Wednesday

20th I again sat in conference through the forenoon, in the afternoon Elder O Pratt & myself

left the conference & in company with Elder James we took the steem boat monmouth
for Middletown at which place we landed, 30 miles we then took the stage rode to Freehold
10 miles & spent the night 40 miles

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Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle
James, Samuel
1806-aft. 1880

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November 28, 1839 ~ Thursday 28th I spent the day at Mr Tiltons & the night, & had a dream while upon my bed and [FIGURE] in my Dream I saw Mrs Woodruff & notwithstanding we rejoiced much at having an interview with each other yet our embraces were mixed with sorrow for after conversing
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)
Nov 20th I again sat in conference with my Brethren in the first part of the day but at 2 oclock Elder O Pratt & myself left the conference & in company with Elder James we took the steem Boat Monmouth for Middletown at which place we landed being 30 m[iles] We then took the stage & rode to Freehold 10 m[iles] & spent the night the distance of the day 40 m[iles]

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

Nov 20, 1839