Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)
Dec 11th I took the parting hand with Elder
James & {shorthand} James Ivins & left at one
oclock A.M. & rode 16 miles to Freehold I there
took the stage & rode to Middletown point
12 miles & then the steem Boat ware to
New York. I called upon Elder Parley P.
Pratt in Mott street No 58 whare I had an inte
rview with him & also Elder Ball. I then wal
ked to the post office whare I obtained three
letters two for myself & one for Elder
O. Pratt from his wife Sister Pratt stated
[FIGURE] that my wife & child were both get
ting better. One letter was from Sister Eunice
Dated Dec 7th {shorthand} The other letter was
from Elder M. Holmes Nov. 17th. I found the streets
of New York full of soldiers preparing to go
to the Albany war to fight some of the cit
izens of their own State, thus wars & rumours of
wars are heard. I attended meeting in the evening
in Grand Street in the Columbian Hall, (rent $9 dollars
per Day) & herd a lecture from Elder P P. Pratt
on the authenticity of the Book of Mormon &
the origin of the American Indians (distance {of the day} 58 [miles]
