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Oct 16, 1841

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October 16, 1841 ~ Saturday

16^th I went over the river to see my family
& while on the road I met with a number of
my old friends & acquaintances among the
number was Elders Nobles & W^m Clayton. Br
Clayton & family were in a distressed situation
with sickness I lade hands upon him. I went to
Father Clarks found my family & spent the night
Willford was some better than he has been
but is still feeble distance 8 miles

laying on of hands

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Community - Nauvoo Legion Commission to Wilford Woodruff, 16 October 1841

Great Seal of State to be hereunto affixed. Done at Springfield, this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-One and of the Independence of the United States, the sixty-sixth. BY THE GOVERNOR. Tho. Carlin Lyman Trumbull SECRETARY OF STATE. [SEAL] SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS