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Aug 12, 1848

Journal Entry

August 12, 1848 ~ Saturday

12th We took the rail road for Boston were 11 hours on the
way distance 200 miles
we put up for the night at the Western Echange Hotel after
tea I took a walk over Cambridge bridge to Cambridge port
& found Br Alexander Badlam Manufacturer of Coach Piano Forte
and furniture copal Varnish corner of Washington & Maine
Street Cambridgeport I here found Elders Felt & Robins I was
truly glad to meet with them all, & to get to the end of my jour-
ney which had been a long & tedious one with my family of
2595 miles journey from Council Bluff to Boston by land
& waggons, rivers, lakes, canals rail roads &c &c wholes distance
2595 m

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
canals railroads &c we arrived at the city of Boston on the where I found Elders Felt and Robins and in a few days also met here Elders O. P. Rockwood and Jeciesse C Little

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Aug 12, 1848