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Day in the Life

Feb 19, 1845

Journal Entry

February 19, 1845 ~ Wednesday

19th I took 3rd class cars & rode through
a deep vale, vary mountaineous each side to
Brig house the nearest Station to Bradford I
here took coach & rod 7 miles to Bradford, it was
an exceding cold morning & I got much chilled
both on the cars & coach making 41 miles travel
before 10 oclok in the morning. I called upon
Br Edward Milnes on Bower street Manchester
Road, Bradford He is the Presiding Elder of the
Bradford Branch I spent the day with him. In
the afternoon Br Sheets Elder Sheets

came from Leeds & He came over from
America with Elders Straten & Davis we were
truly glad to once more meet, together though
on a foreighn shore. We attended a prayr
meeting in the evening. I herd the testimony
of many of the Saints & I occupied some
time in teaching them. We spent the
night at Br Child's in Wellington Street
in company with Elders Sheets & Ure
distance of the day 45 mil.


[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Davis of London

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3 mentions
Sheets, Elijah Funk
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
112 mentions
47 mentions
Ure, James
1817-1897
20 mentions
Stratton, Joseph Albert
11 Sep 1821 - 28 Oct 1850
71 mentions
1 mention

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Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
London, Middlesex, England

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Feb 19, 1845