He spoke well & much to our edifycation I followed him
bore testimony to the work Addressed the Saints & dismissed
the meeting I had A good time all day And the best meeting
that I have had in the eastern country on this mission
~ Monday
9th I gave Br Appleby A recommend to preach & organi[ze]
the churches in Pa, N J & Delaware in my Absence Brs Carter & Kane came In the evening
I held A meeting at his house in the evening with A fiew of
the Saints And organized the Branch of the Church in that
place called Newark & Spring Garding branch I appoint
Br John Sanderson of Rowway the presiding Elder ovef
that Branch of the Church I Blessed two children
~ Thursday
12th I left the Saints at Newark took cars for New York called
upon Sisters Day & Hart at 491 Greenwich street. enquired
into their circumstances & an afair of L. O. Littlefield's
Then called upon Mr Davids And upon Mrs Sloans, Calvin
Foss, And upon Br Cartwright 97 Christie Street New York 20 m
15th Sunday I held A meeting with the Saints & world
communed with the Saints, And left them in charge
of Jeremiah Brower. I spent the night with Brower
~ Monday
16th[FIGURE] I finished reading A work this morning entitled
A man of Sorrows or the Providence of God by
displayed By Wm Jackson S.B.C. Minister of the Gospel of
South Boston Church. It was truly an interesting work
showing his sufferings from his childhood up & the dealings
of Providence with him his sufferings are vary great
I parted with the Saints this morning & took cars to South Brooklin I called upon Mr Watter House who treated me
kindly. I met A number of the Saints at Br Cartwrights
He spoke well & much to our edifycation I followed him
bore testimony to the work addressed the Saints & dismissed
the meeting I had a good time all day and the best meeting
that I have had in the eastern country on this mission
~ Monday
9th I gave Br Appleby a recommend to preach & organize
the Churches in Pa. NJ & Delaware in my absence Brs
Carter & Kane came In the evening
FIGURES I wrote two letters & sent a bundle of
New York Herralds to W. Richards one letter was to
O Hyde, one to G. A. Smith I recommended the
recall of L O Littlefield. I spent the night at
Br Gibson on Wallace street near spring garding
with Br Appleby
~ Tuesday
10th I parted with the friends took cars & rode
to Newark & spent the night with Br Luke Provost
No 4 Holsey's Court Newark N.J. 100 m
~ Wednesday
11th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Phebe W Woodruff
& one to Jeremiah Brower Hempstead LI. I recieved
[FIGURE] a Prospectus for subscribers from Br Hyde & a line from him
I spent the day at Br Provost
I held a meeting at his house in the evening with a few of
the Saints and organized the Branch of the Church in that
place called Newark & Spring Garding branch I appointed
Br John Sanderson of Rowway the Presiding Elder over
that Branch of the Church I blessed two children
~ Thursday
12th I left the Saints at Newark took cars for New York called
upon Sisters Day & Hart at 491 Greenwich street, enquired
into their circumstances & an afair of L. O. Littlefield's
Then called upon Mr Davids and upon Mrs Sloans, Calvin
Foss, and upon Br Cartwright 917 Christie Street New York 20 m
~ Friday
13th I called upon several of the Friends crossed to Brooklin called upon Br Falcolm 26 Columbia st & C. C. Watterhouse
84 Degraw Street at 4 oclok took cars to Hempstead called
upon Br Jeremiah Brower & spent the night 35 m
~ Saturday
14th [FIGURE] I spent the day at Br Browers I wrote a letter
to Orson Hyde and gave an account of the cause
of L O Littlefield returning to New York & going back &c
~ Sunday
15th Sunday I held a meeting with the Saints & world
communed with the saints and left them in charge
of Jeremiah Brower. I spent the night with Brower
~ Monday
16th [FIGURE] I finished reading a work this morning entitled
A man of Sorrows or the Providence of God
displayed by Wm Jackson S.B.C. Minister of the Gospel of
South Boston Church. It was truly an interesting work
Showing his sufferings from his childhood up & the dealings
of Providence with him his sufferings are vary great
I parted with the Saints this morning & took cars to
Brooklin I called upon Mr Watter House who treated me
kindly. I met a number of the Saints at Br Cartwrights
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