Day in the Life

Dec 25, 1839

Journal Entry

December 25, 1839 ~ Wednesday

25th A calm in the morning yet the ship rocked bad upon the dead swells. the wind
soon rose & we sailed fast through the day & night

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25th A calm in the morning but the ship rocked bad upon the dead swells the wind soon rose & we sailed fast through the day & night

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Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Dec 25, 1839