9th I recieved $40 dollars of Dr John M
Bernhisel for President Joseph Smith ^176 Hudson St^ also
Stephens travels in Central America
in 2 volums olso one letter. This is one of my
days of perplexity & confusion as I am to leave
the city to day & have as much business to attend
to in 6 hours as I ought to do in two days
it seems to be my lot thus far in life to be hurried
& crowded along as though I had but few mom-
ents to live. I spent the fore part of the day
in packing trunk's beds &c I lalso called upon RL R Foster
NB Sept 9th Received of Willford Woodruff
| 15 Books of Mormon bound in calf $1.50 cts each | $34.50 |
| 4 [Books of Mormon] bound in sheep $1 [cts each] | 4.00 |
| 28 Millennial Stars bound $1 each | 2 |
| $66.50 |
The above is to be paid to Willford Woodruff
when called for or the Books returned
L R Foster
After labouring exceding hard throught the
day I took the parting hand with the Saints at
186 woster & other places, & started for the {steam}
Boat Sanduskey Ilus F Carter carried me to the
Boat with 533 lbs of baggage we got Blockaided
in the street on the way which made us trouble &
detained us, but after much perplexity we got
on board of the boat at 6 oclock & departed for
Albany on our road for Nauvoo our little comp-
any of Saints consisted of 6 persons viz—
Willford & Phebe W. Woodruff, Henry H. & Mary
Moore, Mary M. Wheeler & Mary E Nelson
Sister Wheeler had 600 lbs baggage
I found on looking over my expenses including
all I had paid out while in New York was $88.36
After getting under way & aranging matters I
being vary weary I lay down & had a comfortable
nights rest
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