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Day in the Life

May 20, 1848

Journal Entry

May 20, 1848 ~ Saturday

20th I was near sick with cold on the lungs Br Benbow started
on his journey to day & went but little out out of town Br Z
Pulsipher went with him & his company. A Steem boat came
in and brought about 150 passengers mostly Saints from England
among whom was Franklin & Samuel Richards. They also
brought the body of Elder Sarine he had been dead about
12 days

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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
Benbow, John
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
169 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
8 mentions
Richards, Samuel Whitney
9 Aug 1824 - 26 Nov 1909
104 mentions
Pulsipher, Zerah
24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872
101 mentions

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England

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
On the 2th ^^ about 150 passengers

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May 20, 1848