Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)
9th I spent the day conversing with Doct Ells ^{shorthand}^
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Ells, Josiah
4 Mar 1806 - 15 Oct 1885
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a while about her domestic affairs I asked, whare Sarah Emma was (our ownly child) She says weeping {and kissing me} she is dead. We sorrowed a moment & I awoke, Phebe also said she had not received my letters. Is this dream true time must determin. ^This dream was a warning of what was to come Sarah Emma Died 17th of July AD 1840
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Times and Seasons, official Church newspaper, first published in Nauvoo, Illinois (continuously published until February 1846).
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