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Day in the Life

Apr 4, 1846

Journal Entry

April 04, 1846 ~ Saturday

4th We had A vary plesant day And A
view of the villages & towns as we passed by
I perused with much interest the letters to
Phebe from her friends Sarah B Foss Ilus &c
I feel vary anxious to see my wife And children
once more I hope And trust they are still preserved
I have herd nothing from them since I parted
with them At Liverpool but A few days will
soon bring me tidings of some kind from
them My Prayer to God is that it may be favor
able distance from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati 600 miles

People

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Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
394 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1547 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
177 mentions
Family

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Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Events

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February 7, 1846
On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
February 15, 1846
Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church (history ends with events on August 11, 1834).

Apr 4, 1846