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Day in the Life

May 15, 1845

Journal Entry

May 15, 1845 ~ Thursday

15 ^& 16^ [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br Stratten request-
ing him to return & take charge of the Bath
conference. I obtained 3 {{New York Prophet|Prophets]] from NY
all bearing good News. A letter came from
Nauvoo to Br Clark we sent it to him with
his Papers.

16th [FIGURE] I left my family & friends in Liver-
pool & took the Steemer Victorie for Carlisle
at 4 oclock in the afternoon as soon as we went
out of the dock I discovered the boat was newly
Painted so that one could not sit down in any
place from the Stem to the Stern of the boat without
carrying the point with him the whole bigness of
the place he sat in or touched and as the sea began
to be rough I found it necessary to get some
place to lie down & as the last & ownly resort I
paid 2/ shillings for the use of a bunk among the
sailors on in the fore castle over the bow for the
night. I went below to take my bed among the
sailors which was a small confined place

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Clark, Hiram, b. 1795
22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853
111 mentions
Stratton, Joseph Albert
11 Sep 1821 - 28 Oct 1850
71 mentions

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
for Carlisle at 4 p.m. on the th and as the boat was newly

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May 1845
First Thursday of the month designated for fasting and prayer (later changed to first Sunday by Wilford).

May 15, 1845