Autobiographical Notes, circa 1850-1880
On the I started
for St Louis to purchase a stock
of paper for the "Times & Seasons"
and arrived at St Louis. on
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 23, 1842 ~ Saturday
JULY 23rd
The time had come when we were under the
necessitiy of having a new stock of paper & other
materials for the printing office & Book Binders
which could not be purchased short of St Leowis
& Joseph appointed me to go to St Leowis & purchase
the articles & as it fell to my lot to perform
the journey & business, I aranged my affairs
& on Saturday this 23rd of July I went up to
the steeam Boat landing to watch for a Boat.
I stoped at Br L Wights which was near the landing
at which place I spent four days & nights
watching for a boat expecting one evry hour. about
noon on the 27th a boat hove in sight which we
were truly glad to see it was the Galena we hailed &
she stoped & took three of us on board, viz Messrs
Ashton, Moulton, & myself. we found the boat
to be heavy loaded with led having 7000 pigs on board
& the water being low we soon saw we should have
a slow journey the boat crossed the river to Montrose
stoped & empted the boat of its load into lighters
& the hands had a tremendious fight while doing it
spent the night at Montrose
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Moulton, Freedom
31 Oct 1808 - 31 Jul 1857
40 mentions
Family
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Wight, Lyman
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
Ashton, Thomas
1813-1903
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Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star
—President Joseph
Smith sent me from Nauvoo to St.
Autobiography 1858 Deseret News
— Prest. Joseph Smith, sent me
from Nauvoo to St. Louis to procure a stock of
paper. I went down upon a steamboat; was
six days on the way, during which time I was
severely attacked with bilious fever. The day
I made my purchase the fever was so high I
was scarcely sensible of what I was doing.
As soon as I made my purchase and got my
freight on board, I took my berth and lay there
Autobiography 1857 Draft 1
On the President Joseph Smith sent me from
Nauvoo to St Louis to procure a stock of paper. I started went down upon
a steamer to steemboat was 6 days on the way during which time I
was severely attak with the Billious fever on the day I made my
purchase the fever was so high I was sccarcely sensible of what I was
doing as soon as I had made my purchase & got my freight on
board I took my birth and lay there untill I arived in Nauvoo
Autobiography 1858 Notes
On the Prest Joseph Smith sent
me to S from Nauvoo to St. Louis to procure a
stock of paper. I went down upon a steamboat was
6 days on the way, during which time I was severely
attacked with billious fever. The day I made my
purchase, the fever was so high I was scarcely sensible
of what I was doing, as soon as I made my
purchase, and got my freight on board, I took my
birth [berth] and lay there until I arrived at Nauvoo, which
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
So on the I went up to
the Steamboat landing to watch for a boat and tarried
near by for four days at brother Lyman Wights when
myself and Messrs Ashton and Moulton took passage on
board the Galena
We found the boat heavily loaded with led
and the water being low we soon saw that we should
have a slow journey.
The boat crossed to Montrose and
unloaded into lighters and the hands had a tremendious
fight while doing so.
Next day we sailed to Nashville and
over the rapids to Keokurk and ran upon the rocks
many times
Next morning we left Keokurk in rainy
weather and after we had passed Tully the boat ran upon
a sand bank and lay till next morning when we got
off and after passing Marion City the boat ran upon
another Sand bank which hindered her course for
six hours
I took a severe cold which settled into
the Bilious Fever and was exceedingly ill the remainder of the
journey.
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Wilford and Phebe baptized by proxy for six family members.
Wilford is confined to his bed with illness for 40 days.
Joseph Smith's letter states baptism for the dead is welding link between fathers and children. Doctrine and Covenants 128