Wilford arrives in Boston to attend convention; nominate Joseph Smith for President of the United States.
19th We took the Parting hand with Br Benbow
and Wilford, and returned home to Nauvoo
Sister Benbow accompanied us. Sister Ells and
Sister Brown was sewing for Mrs Woodruff.
I met in council with the quorum of the
Twelve the[y] conversed some concerning the rout we should
take it was thought to be the healthyest to take
the northern route.
Elder Dunham was appointed to hold a council with
some visiting brethren concerning some temporal
business:
A letter was read directed to Dr Richards and some
dreams rehearsed one of which I told as follows
I met with Br Joseph Smith in the congregation
of the Saints, he had his old Hebrew and Jerman
Bible, and preached to the Saints. Be he seemed to
be two[o] thronged by the people and he rose up lifted
up a curtain and passed into another room where
the people could not distirb him and there he was
going to teach the people
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