Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 19, 1840 ~ Wednesday
19th
I wrot another letter to Phebe & enclosed it
in the one that I wrote to her last evening. {I enclosed a
sovereign and sent Phebe in the letter} I also wrote a letter to Elder Turley
I[n] which I enclosed my letters to Phebe & others which
we sent to him. We took a walk a mile or two into
the city passed London Bridge twice & returned
& spent the night at Kings Arms, King street, Borough
their is so much passings of Drays & horses & singing
& hollowing att all hours of the night in the streets
that it is with difficulty that I could sleep at
night. Elder Kimball & myself bought each of us an umbrella 4 m[iles]
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Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions
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Joseph Smith's first explanation of doctrine on baptism for the dead by living relatives.
First baptisms for the dead performed in the Mississippi River.
Joseph Smith announces the need to build a temple in Nauvoo.