Joseph Smith directs Church members to stop proxy baptisms in Mississippi River, wait for completion of Nauvoo Temple font.
^28th^ we passed by Rhacene & arived in
Chicago at 1 oclock & truly rejoiced to get on
shore we put up for the night at the Illinois
exchange by J. Brown, recommend friends there
their was 50 teems in with wheat. we saw two
families from England got two teams to carry
them to Stephenson on the Miss[issippi] River the
whole distance we came from Buffalo to Chicago is
1047 miles
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