Day in the Life

Dec 31, 1844

Journal Entry

December 31, 1844 ~ Tuesday

31st
31st The last Day of the year of AD 1844
Tuesday Still Head wind, it has changed a
little, blowing from the N.E. cold wind
& cloudy we are still beating in the channel

A dream on the night of the 30th Dec 1844

Behold and lo [FIGURE] I was in a dream. I was in council
with the Martered Prophet & Patriarch & the
quorum of the Twelve Apostles in aAmerica. I thought
we had all got to be ordained for some
purpose. I was called upon by Br Young & another
person to assist in administering the ordinances
in the midst of the council, Sidney Rigdon
came in & was objected to by Hiram Smith
I awoke & again fell asleep & dreamed of being
in council with the Twelve & others I made
an address to them. John E Page arose to
address the meeting but was stoped by
some female & was followed by Elder
Wiliard Snow. I have recorded this dre[a]m
yet I Peay but little attention to dreams that
I have on ship board for I am nearly all
the while in some dream while asleep
on board of the ship

whole distance from New York to Liverpool
is 3,800 mile
Travled 91 miles not put down before in the Journal
I procured 20 subscribers for the T & S & Neighbor
& N York prophet 20

A Synopsis of the travels and labours of
W. Woodruff In A.D. 1844

Travelled in the UNITED STATES And
CANADA and visited the following towns
and Cities

Towns and Cities States
Nauvoo Illinois
Laharp [Illinois]
Monmouth [Illinois]
Princeton [Illinois]
Ottaway [Illinois]
Aurorie [Illinois]
Juliett [Illinois]
Galena [Illinois]
Chicago [Illinois]
Millwakie W. T.
Laport I. A.
Jackson Mich
Kalamazoo [Mich]
Jacksonsburg [Mich]
Franklin [Mich]
Royal Oak [Mich]
Detroit [Mich]
Cleaveland Ohio
Fairport [Ohio]
Buffalo & Oswego N. York
Rochester [N. York]
Syracuse [N. York]
Schenactady [N. York]
Troy [N. York]
Albany [N. York]
New York through Welland Canal Canada [N. York]
Simsbury Conn
Avon [Conn]
Canton [Conn]
New Hartford [Conn]
Canaan [Conn]
Colebrook Conn
Farmington [Conn]
Hartford [Conn]
New Haven [Conn]
Westfield Mass
Springfield [Mass]
Lowell [Mass]
Salem [Mass]
Lynn [Mass]
New Bedford [Mass]
Boston [Mass]
Peterboro N. H.
Gilsom [N. H.]
Drewsville [N. H.]
Walpole [N. H.]
Philadelphia Penn

And a great virie[t]y of other
places not named
Also crossed the Atlantic
from New York to Liverpol

Travelled Ten thousand & fifty miles 10,050 Miles Held 53 Meetings Attended 10 Conferen[ce]s Attended with the quorum of the Twelve 12 Councils Attended with Joseph & Hiram Smith the prophet And Patriarch & quorum of the Twelve & other Brethren in the affairs of the kingdom of God 13 Councils Attended with Joseph & Hiram Smith & T[h]e Twelve in recieving our endowment 21 Councils Was Baptized for dead friends 19 Persons Baptized for the dead (P. W. W) 5 Persons Baptized for the remission of sins 6 Persons Ordained 1 Patriarch [Ordained] 3 High Priest [Ordained] 25 Elders [Ordained] 9 Priest [Ordained] 3 Teachers [Ordained] 2 Deacons Confirmed 42 Persons Blessed 6 Children Married two couple 2 Couple Administered to the sick 24 persons Reported and recorded in my Journal The sermons of the Prophet Joseph Smith 11 sermons Wrote 65 Letters Recieved 11 Letters Reported & recorded in this Journal seventeen discourses from the Twelve &c 17 Sermons Procured 10 subscriber for T & S & NN & 10 for N. Y. Prophet Total 20 Subsc[ri]b[er]s

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, Hyrum
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
422 mentions
Apostle
Page, John Edward
25 Feb 1799 - 14 Oct 1867
123 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Rigdon, Sidney
19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876
Snow, Willard Trowbridge
6 May 1811 - 21 Aug 1853
16 mentions
Zion's Camp

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Dec 31, 1844