Day in the Life

Apr 19, 1841

Journal Entry

April 19, 1841 ~ Monday
19th this is one of the most busy days of my life in
setling my business & preparing for our voyage
home among other things I received the following

Books of Mormon
12 Moroco 9/ £5 8 0
25 gilt edge 7/ [£]8 15 0
89 marble edge 6/6 [£]28 18 6
35 sheep 5/ 8 15 0
£51 16 6
out of this number of
Books I made the following
distribution
Ezra Carter & family lettered 9 Morocco
Aphek Woodruff & family & other Connecticut friends 5 Moroco lettered
W. Richards 2 gilt edge, 6 marble edge, 4 sheep 12
G. A. Smith 4 marble edge 2 sheep 6
R Hadlock 4 marble edge 4
one Moroco to E. Ockey Eliza Brewer Ann, & Elizabeth Ockey Total 4
One Moroco ^calf gilt edge^ to two Sisters Jane & Ellen 2
Making in all A present of Books of mormon to friends 42
I packed up my Books & all my things in trunks
& took them on board of the Ship Rochester

I Bought of Br Armstrong one overcoat £3 15 0
one Dress coat £2 15 0
one waist coat 10
one pair of summer trouses 10
£7 10 0
I paid the above in Books of mormon except £1

I Bought the following Articles
1 shall [shawl] £0 14
1 [shawl] [£0] 14
1 [shawl] [£0] 6
2 pair of Drawers [£0] 9
1 [pair of Drawers] [£0] 3
2 flannel shirts [£0] 10
1 Box steel pens [£0] 6
1 [Box steel pens] [£0] 2
1 [Box steel pens] [£0] 1
4 cards of pens [£0] 4
1 Doz pen cases [£0] 1
1 Inkstand [£0] 1
Total £5 15

Sister Elizabeth
Ockey presented me
with a nice neck scarf
And Sister Ann Ockey
presented me with a fine
silk neck hankerchief
& gold pin. I took tea
with them. I presented
each of them with a
Book of Mormon, Moroco
bound & gilt with their
names upon it, Also
Edward Ockey & Eliza
Brewer Elder Edward
Ockey has done much for
the cause of God has helped many families to go
from England to Nauvoo of the Saints & has paid
out 2 or £300 pounds of late for this purpose besides
he has this day presented me as a present to assist
me to return home, A purs of gold containing £50
sovreigns about equal to $250 Dollars, truly this is
liberality, charity & Blessings not often met with, &
As some of my Brethren were ready I gave A porti
on of it to them As follows B Young £5, W. Richards
£5, And G. A. Smith £5, &c.

Truly the Lord hath been good unto us all during this
mission & given us all things we needed for which bless
ings I feel to offer up the gratitude of my hear[t] to my
heavenly Father

Seven of the Twelve with 120 Saints & 160 other
about 280 in all got our baggage on board of the ship
to set sail, but the wind being contrary we staid on shore

People

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Powell, Ann Ockey
19 Apr 1818 - 13 Sep 1844
14 mentions
Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
54 mentions
6 mentions
Amphlett, Elizabeth Ockey
20 Mar 1814 - 20 Nov 1885
8 mentions
Carter, Ellen Benbow
20 May 1825 - 6 May 1901
4 mentions
1840 British Convert
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Benbow, Jane Homes
12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846
55 mentions
1840 British Convert
Armstrong, John Christopher
27 Nov 1813 - 7 Jun 1881
21 mentions
159 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle

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Connecticut
England
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

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Apr 19, 1841