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Day in the Life

Aug 4, 1843

Journal Entry

August 04, 1843 ~ Friday

4th We Took the rail cars at Cumberland
at 8 oclock A.M & passed through many miles
of Deep Mountaineous cutting ^stoped at Harpers ferry^ & arived at
Baltimore ^[FIGURE] MD^ about 6 oclock we here took the
Steemboat George washington ^&^ crossed the Bay
of Chesepeke to Frenchtown we here took the
Rail road again to New Castle [FIGURE] Del then the steem
Boat to Philadelphia where we arived at
4 oclock on the 5th Aug Being 48 hours from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia By Stage, Rail road
& Steem Boat the whole Distance 430 miles

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

Aug 4, 1843