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Day in the Life

Jul 7, 1843

Journal Entry

July 07, 1843 ~ Friday

July 7th I Arose early in the morning laid hands
upon Mrs Woodruff & Blessed her & our daughter
Sarah Emma Phebe Amelia & went to Morrison
landing & spent most of the day at Br L Wights
But at 3 o'clock P.M we left A Morrisons
wharf on Board of steem Boat Rapids in company
with Elders B. Young G. A Smith, E P Magin &
his sister. It is a plesent day & we are all in good spirits
fare to St Louis is $2.50 We arived in Warsaw in
two hours & a half & at Quincy in five & three duall
quarters of an hour. Sister Magin stoped at
Quincy.

People

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1 mention
3 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
18 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Wight, Lyman
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
340 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1578 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Emma
14 Jul 1838 - 17 Jul 1840
164 mentions
Family

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Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

office, until the , when I started on a mission with Elders Brigham Young and G. A. Smith, to the Eastern States, to collect funds for the Temple and Nauvoo House; I gave bonds in the sum of two tousand dollars for the faithful return of all monies received. On my return home in the fall, I purchased a supply of paper and other materials sufficient for the printing office for more than a year,

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

the printing-office, until the 7th of July 1843, when I started on a mission with Elders Brigham Young and Geo. A. Smith, to the Eastern States, to collect funds fo the Temple and Nau- voo House. I gave bonds in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faith- ful return of all monies received. On my return home in the fall, I purchased a supply of paper and other materials sufficient for the print- ing-office for more than a year, and

Autobiography 1892 Deseret News Notes

left on mission to Eastern states, to collect funds for Temple & Nauvoo House.

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

I arose early on the morning of ^the^ 7th of July laid hands upon Mrs Woodruff and blessed her and our daughter Phebe Amelia and started on my mission. On the afternoon of the same day we left Morrisons Landing on the steam- boat Rapids. Elders Brigham Young G. A Smith and myself were together of the Twelve. E. P. Magin was also in our company. We arrived in [[St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri|St

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

Meetings, and the business of the printing office, untill the , when I was called to go ^started^ on a mission with the rest of the Twelve ^Elders Brigham Young & G A Smith to go into^ into the Eastern States to collect funds for for the Temple and Nauvoo House. I gave bonds in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful performance of my duty. July 7th I left Nauvoo on the Steemer Rapids for my mission in company with Elders B. Young G. A. Smith & E P Magin I travelled with the Twelve and attended conferences with them through the middle &

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July - Nov 1843
Wilford serves fourth mission in Eastern United States (with other apostles) to raise funds for temple.

Jul 7, 1843