23rd [FIGURE] Farewell we arose early in the morning
to start on our Journey took
Breakfast & bid fare well to the town of
Farmington And all the inhabitants thereoff
we were taken to new Britain in A waggon
our company consisted of Father And Mother
Woodruff And Betsey Cossett who accompanys
them in gathering with the Saints As her
Mother is dead. Also little Phebe & myself
making 4 of us in Number It was A
Plesant morning As we was on the top of
the mountain I cast my eyes back upon
the Town of Farmington And bid it a
final & probably last farewell with joy
we did not get to the train in season to
get on board the Passenger train so
we took the Baggage train to New Haven
I there found Br Adams from Springfield
He went with me to the United States Rifle
Factory I bought 4 rifles with extra
Barrels spent the day in New Haven took
steemer at night Arived in New York in
the morning distance from Farmington 130 m
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.
Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers. Click on the document titles to view the full document.
View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.
(c)-thumb.jpg)
