Day in the Life

Sep 13, 1843

Journal Entry

September 13, 1843 ~ Wednesday

^13^ I furnished the Editor of the American with
an account of the accident.


A hand pointing to the right I visited Br Ezra Carter & his family I
wrote 2 letters one to the Editor of the
Boston Bee giving an account of the accident
& one to Elder Taylor with an account of the
accident & sent him 10 subscribers for the
papers & wrote a few words to Phebe.


I had an interview with Aunt Judith Carter
the first time I had seen her. I visited Ezra store
he is doing a good deal of business

I walked out to scarborough in the evening
& at arived at Father Carters in the evening
with blistered feet I came upon Mother so
sudden who was walking across the room
with a candle that she was as much surprised
as though I had rained down, the first salutat[io]n
was whare did you come from. I soon had hold of
Fabyan hand & his wife's Moother looked well I
dont see that she grows old any. Father and Sarah
Foss are at New York I cannot see them yet
After conversing with Mother & Fabyan untill
abot 9 oclok I prayed with them & Mother
lighted me to a bed in the front chamber whare
I spent the night alone, the first night I had
spent at Father Carters without Phebe being
with me, & I would have given ten dollars to
have had her with me on this occasion for
I felt lonely like a dove without its mate
But however after kneeling down by the
bed & praying for her & the children & our
friends I lay down upon the bed & soon fell
asleep & had a good nights rest

the whole distance of the day from Boston
to Scarbororough 110 miles

People

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2 mentions
2 mentions
Carter, Ezra (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
177 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Carter, Joseph Fabyan
11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873
55 mentions
Family
1 mention
Family
1 mention
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Carter, Rhoda Milliken
23 Nov 1795 - 18 Sep 1855
6 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
Carter, Sarah Fabyan
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
91 mentions
Family

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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
New York
Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine

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Sep 13, 1843