Wilford serves fourth mission in Eastern United States (with other apostles) to raise funds for temple.
17th I felt quite unwell in the morning with
my cold. We went down to the Raspbury
patch with Mr James Colbertson & saw the
mannor they cultivated & picked the buries
After conversing awhile with him we left
him & started back for Cincinnati on foot
we had got about half way, when we were
overtaken by Br Collins Penberton who had
been to Kirtland & was returning home was
within two miles of his house & wished us
to go home with him & spend the night we
did so, & found him in a valley a little
like the valley of Peidmont their was three
or four families with him that had come
up with Elder Blakesley & all got out of
money on the way & they had gone up
in that valley near the licking river to
cut wood to Boat down to Cincinnati
Market to Get money to go to Nauvoo, they
all appeared glad to see us we had a meeting
in the evening & Blessed their children, 8 in
No. Elder Blakesley had got money & gone on to
Nauvoo had just arived when we left, we
had a hard shower of rain during the
evening & night which made it much cooler
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