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Sep 18, 1840

Journal Entry

September 18, 1840 ~ Friday

18th I walked to Froom's hill & found the Saints
in good spirits I learned by letter that Elder
Turley left Liverpool on the eighth of Sept on board
of the North American with 200 Saints I was inform
ed that Brother & Sister Benbow & all the Saints left
in good spirits I spent the night at Brother John Coles

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Benbow, Jane Homes
12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846
55 mentions
1840 British Convert
Benbow, John
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
169 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Cole, John
30 Nov 1798 - 30 Nov 1843
8 mentions
1840 British Convert
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
138 mentions

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
I was at Froom's Hill on the and found the Saints in good spirits and learned that Elder Turley had sailed from Liverpool on the 8th with a company of 200 Saints. Brother and Sister Benbow and the rest of the emigrant company were rejoicing in the Lord and in their Zion bound journey

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Sep 18, 1840