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Feb 15, 1841

Journal Entry

February 15, 1841 ~ Monday

Feb 15th Elder Kimball received a letter from his
wife Dated Nauvoo Dec 30th, she informed us that
[FIGURE] Joseph had written for the Twelve to come
immediately home for our personal safety, as great
Judgments are nigh in this land even at the Door. She
spoke of our families being well, as far as she knew
O! God hasten the day when we can behold the
faces of our wife's & children Prepare us O God for
evry event which awaiteth us, Deliver us O Lord
from evry evil for we are in thine hands. Thou know
est the integrity of our hearts & the sacrafizes
which we have made for thy cause on this mission
May all things work together for our good, help
us O Lord to keep the faith & overcome the world
that no man may take our crown, which I ask
in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

A folded letter/box I Received 3 Letters one from T. Kington one from
James Blakesleey, one from Edward Oaky
A hand pointing to the right I wrote a letter to Elder J. Blakesley. We
spent the evening at Br Morgans several of the
Saints were present we conversed about the
Things of God. We feel the forebodeings of the
things that are at the door, & spedily await the
world, their is no doubt but what troubles will
soon arise between England & America but may
the Lord prepare his Saints for the worst

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Morgan, Benjamin
abt. August 1845
14 mentions
Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
54 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Blakesly, James
18 Jul 1802 - 18 Dec 1866
32 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Kington, Thomas
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Kimball, Vilate Murray
1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867
50 mentions

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England
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
Brother Kimball, on the , received a letter from his wife, informing us that the Prophet Joseph had written for the Twelve to come immediately home. At this time there was a prospect of war between America and England, over the imprisonment of McCloud, a British officer, by the State of New York, and the northeastern boundary question. In consequence of this prospect the Prophet Joseph wrote for the Twelve to come home, after first thoroughly organ- izing the British mission and calling out a number of native elders to send in every direction throughout Great Britain.
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Brother Kimball on the received a letter from his wife informing us that the Prophet Joseph had written for the Twelve to come immediately home for our personal safety and the next day we met with the Church previous to our parting with the London Saints Greater excitement than ever prevailed throughout London and especially in the House of Parliament over the imprisonment of M. C. Cleod and the North Eastern Boundary question and Government secured determined on war and to every appearence hostilities between England and America seemed almost certain and it appeared as much ^as^ we should do to sail from Liverpool before war broke out I received a letter from Elder Wm Pitt containing 3 pounds and informing me that there was an appointment for me to preach in Bristol on the Sunday Dr Copeland introduced us by letter to the Overseer of the Library of Bartholimew Hospital which we visited and was very politely conducted by Dr Lyon through the various departments of the Hospital and after visiting the Museum Lecture Rooms and other places we last of all visited the Dissecting Rooms where there ^were^ about twenty human bodies which the doctors were dissecting On the same day I corrected the proof sheet of our Address to the citizens of London and in the evening our sitting room was full of Saints as we were soon to leave London and they brought us some money and presents for our wives and children Two days afterwards we baptized a Jew and Jewess. I was unwell that night and arose next morning quite ill but walked to the printing office and got three throusand copies of our Address to the citizens of London for which I paid three guineas

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Feb 15, 1841