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May 11, 1856

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May 11, 1856 ~ Sunday

6^th to 11 I have still had a sick week vary weak & feble my arm
vary sore & lame And a good deal of Dead flesh. Dr Sprague cut
out a portion of it with a penknife but did not get it all out
the Eastern mail came in on the 9^th & brought most of the Mail since
last Nov many thousands of letters was received in this City I got
[FIGURE] two copies of 3 Numbers of the Mormon. J. M. Bernhisel sent me
the Baltimore Sun N Y Tribune, pamphlets from the Horticultures
& gardners we Also received A letter from the chief gardner
of her Majesty Queen Victoria who wished to open a correspondence
with the Horticultural society of this valley & make an exchange
of seeds &c I received 2 letters one from I F Carter & the other

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3

On Sunday the in the evening I attended Prayer circle and sat 2 hours and heard letters read from correspondents in New York Washington Liverpool London and various parts of the earth I found that I could not get rid of the dead flesh in my ^arm^ without using something to eat it out;