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Nov 23, 1839

Journal Entry

November 23, 1839 ~ Saturday

23rd I rode 3 miles & held a meeting in the Cream Ridge school house & also in the evening
Elder O Pratt preached & I followed him. I spent the night at the house of Mr James S
Lawrence
the whole household were believing {Lawrence and Tilton were of the first class} 3 miles

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Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
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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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23 I rode 3 miles & held a meeting in the cream ridge Brick School house & also in the evening Elder O. Pratt preached & I followed him I spent the night at the house of Mr James S. Lawrence the whole household were believing {Lawrence and Tilton were of the first class} 3 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 23, 1839