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Mar 26, 1840

Journal Entry

March 26, 1840 ~ Thursday

^26th^ I walked to Stokes Lane & preached at the
House of Joseph Evins & spent the night at
br William Davis, & had the following
Dream. I saw by night a river in which were
many fish. I cast an hook & caught some
of them, & while fishing I saw some large
ones near shore I put the hook to their mouth
they bit it & I caught them, & one vary notable
one exceding all other fish that I had caught &
as I was taking care of them, I saw a still
larger river. It appeared like Farmington
River in the U. S. A. at the Mill which my
Father is tending, & on the other side of the river
was a Boat to which was tied many fish lines
on one hook was a fish so large that the captain
of the Boat Israel Dormon by name could not bring
him into the Boat, & he sailed the Boat across the
river whare I was, & the fish was taken out &
a Bellman was called for to divide the fish, & after
the Bell was rung each man took a part, &
while dividing the fish, one man said to another
man I saw Baptizing last night was not you
Baptized. I also saw a trunk representing to have

Elder Turleys trunk & it ought to be taken
care of for he is cast into prison [FIGURE] what
this Dream means time will soon Determin
their is to be much Baptizing done soon
somewhare. Some of our Brethren will soon
come from the U. S. A. & be divided among the
people, & I shall soon Baptize many & some
noted persons. Distance of the Day 5 miles

People

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Dormon, Israel
abt. 1789 - 1870
2 mentions
Evans, Joseph
5 Aug 1792 - 25 Oct 1865
4 mentions
1840 British Convert
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions
Davis, William
10 Mar 1801 - 3 Jul 1879
7 mentions
1840 British Convert, Missionary

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Farmington River, Hartford County, Connecticut
Stokes Lane, Herefordshire, England

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March 26, 1840 ~ Thursday 26th I walked to Stokes Lane & preached at the House of Joseph Evins & spent the night at br William Davis, & had the following Dream. I saw by night a River in which were many fish. I cast an hook & caught some of them, & while fishing I saw some large ones near shore I put the hook to their mouth they bit it & I caught them, & one vary notable one exceding all other fish that I had caught & as I was taking care of them. I saw a still larger River. It appeared like Farmington River in the U.S.A. at the Mill which my Father is tending, & on the other side of the River was a Boat to which was tied many fish lines on one hook was a fish so large that the captain of the Boat Israel Dormon by name could not bring him into the Boat, & he sailed the Boat across the River whare I was, & the fish was taken out & a Bellman was called for to divide the fish & after the Bell was rung each man took a part, & while dividing the fish, one man said to another man I saw Baptizing last night was not you Baptized. I also saw a trunk representing to have
~ Wilford Woodruff
Elder Turley's trunk & it ought to be taken care of for he is cast into prison) what this Dream means time will soon Determin their is to be much Baptizing done soon somewhare. some of our Brethren will soon come from the U.S.A. & be divided among the people. & I shall soon Baptize many & some noted persons.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Mar 26, 1840