Wilford returns to Nauvoo from mission to New England.
14th Took cars with Elder Hiyde to the incline
plain I then left & went on to the portable
canal boat in which was my goods I went on
board & took a section with two passengers
& went on the railroad 100 miles then
went into the canal here they filled with
freight we had to move into another section
making 5 of us to live & sleep in about
5 feet squar two men viz Mr Miles
Jacoby, & Thomas Barrett & their ladies
Mrs Barrett was from Keene N.H. & though
it hard travling she made a good deal of
sport for the company while making her
bed &c we rode during the night 40 miles
making the whole distance of the day 140 [miles]
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17th A cold day among the mountains we had a slight squal of hail or snow [FIGURE] I have been for the last two days reading Stephens works & travels in Yu Yucatan his second work I red his first work on my Journey to Nauvoo with
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