Day in the Life

Jan 20, 1846

Journal Entry

January 20, 1846 ~ Tuesday

220th I spent the day at the office And a hard
days work it was in trying to settle my accou-
nts & wind up m[y] business & be prepared to
put of at half past 9 ock I took steemer
to Rock ferry cross the Mercy & spent the
night with Br Enion And had an interesting
time with them they promised to send me
A copy of the Portrait of our Daughter Susan
Cornelia
which A female Artist drew having
Neither hands nor arms at all

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Letter to the Saints in the British Isles, 20 January 1846
Livpool To the Saints in the British Isles greeting Beloved BFriends I deem it my Duty to address a few lines to you through the medium of the Star Before I take my Departure from England to returns to America. The shortness of time & croud of Business forces me to be brief in my communication. You have already been informed that the persecutions & banishment of the Saints west of the Rocky mountains & a desire to deliver my own family & friends is the sole cause of my sudden Departure from your midst, & I now once more appeal unto you that you let your prayers assend asscend up before God Day & night in behalf of your afflicted Brothren in Zion that the Lord may Delievver them from that persecution &and oppression that they have long groaned under. Though the edict of Banishment is past & they are about to make a sacrafice of there Homes, Lands Homes & the pars

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On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church (history ends with events on August 11, 1834).

Jan 20, 1846