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Day in the Life

Feb 1, 1849

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February 01, 1849 ~ Thursday

Feb 1^st I arose early in the morning Accompanied Elder
Badlam to the ship Corsiar whare He takes passage to
Panama And goes on ofto the Bay of San Francisco to visit his
Brother in Law Samuel Brannan to try to get some gold
to meet his Liabiliaties & to remove his family to the gathering
place of the Saints. He has Acted in concert with the
Presidency of the Church for years past And has stret-
ched out his hand so liberally to try to Assist in rolling
on the general cause of Zion Untill He became involved
several Hundred dollars in dept, And men of the world
now stept fourth And offered to Advance money to pay
his depts And support his family if he would accompa-
ny some of their sons young who were going to the
Bay of San Francisco to try to get gold at the mines
this being the ownly opening which He could see to
pay his depts He considerd it an omin that the hand
of the Lord was in therefore he Accpepted it this is the
cause of his going It snowed hard to day And the
ship did not go out there were 104 passengers on
board they sent most of their provisions around
cape Horn on board of the Pharsailia. Br Badlam came
home And sepnt the night He And Br Wm Page spent the night
at my house untill 10 oclok & went hone. I recieved two letters
[FIGURES] one from Wm Low one from A. W. Babbitt I wrote two
letter one to W^m Low one to Eldridge