29th I went to Boston with Mrs Woodruff & bought a
bed and some other things and mailed letters
~ Thursday
30th This is thanksgiving day in Mass. I dined upon a baked
goose and plum pudding with my family. Br & sister Page
took tea with me. Br & Sister BadlamBr & sister Bird &
sister Voce spent the evening with us I spoke upon the
things of the Kingdom of God, I recieved a letter from
[FIGURES] Little & Hardy & wrote one to Br Haven I was
at a large fire in Cambridgeport during the evening several buildings burned
~ Friday
Dec 1st 1848
Sister Ruth Sayers called upon me in the morning as
she was to leave this day for the west she asked a
blessings at my hands. I lade hands upon her in the name
of the Lord and blessed her
3rd Sunday I preached to the Saints in Peterboro & had
a good time
~ Monday to ~ Friday
4th 5th 7th & 8th I spent the past 4 days with Brothers Little & Hardy & the saints in Peterborough for it rained
& snowed so much I could not travel I wrote a letter
[FIGURE] to Mrs Woodruff
~ Saturday
9th I rode to Guilsom and spent the night withei with Chilon Mack, Soloman Mack & their Father Capt Mack
came in & spent the night with me, Capt Mack and the
Widow Lucy Smith are brother & sister 30 m
~ Sunday
10th Sunday It rained hard all day I preached to the few
Saints that were in that place
~ Monday
11th I rode in company with Soloman Mack to Br Waldos
& spent the night He rehearsed to me the difficulties that
exhisted in the Walpole branch 11 mile
~ Tuesday
12th I rode to Br Gates in the walpole branch & preached
to about a dozen who come together in that place there
had been difficulties exhisting with the saints in that place
for several years and I did not find any unity of feeling
exhisting among them 6 m
~ Wednesday
13th Rode to Brother Wheelers and Newtons & preached in the
evening to a congregation of the world at Acworth 12.
~ Thursday
14th Rode to Peterborough and spent the night with Br Little
in company with Elder Haven 28 m
~ Friday
15th I spent the day in Peterborough I attended their auction
in the evening
~ Saturday
16th I rode to Lowell and spent the night with Br Pevy 50 m
29th I went to Boston with Mrs Woodruff & bought a
bed and some other things and mailed letters
~ Thursday
30th This is thanksgiving day in Mass. I dined upon a baked
goose and plum pudding with my family. Br & sister Page
took tea with me. Br & Sister BadlamBr & sister Bird &
sister Voce spent the evening with us I spoke upon the
things of the Kingdom of God, I recieved a letter from
FIGURES Little & Hardy & wrote one to Br Haven I was
at a large fire in Cambridgeport during the evening several buildings burned
~ Friday
Dec 1st 1848
Sister Ruth Sayers called upon me in the morning as
she was to leave this day for the west she asked a
blessings at my hands. I lade hands upon her in the name
of the Lord and blessed her
3rd Sunday I preached to the Saints in Peterboro & had
a good time
~ Monday to ~ Friday
4th 5th 7th & 8th I spent the past 4 days with Brothers
Little & Hardy & the saints in Peterborough for it rained
& snowed so much I could not travel I wrote a letter
[FIGURE] to Mrs Woodruff
~ Saturday
9 with
Chilon Mack, Soloman Mack & their Father Capt Mack
came in & spent the night with me, Capt Mack and the
Widow Lucy Smith are brother & sister 30 m
~ Sunday
10th Sunday It rained hard all day I preached to the few
Saints that were in that place
~ Monday
11th I rode in company with Soloman Mack to Br Waldos
& spent the night He rehearsed to me the difficulties that
exhisted in the Walpole branch 11 mile
~ Tuesday
12th I rode to Br Gates in the walpole branch & preached
to about a dozen who come together in that place there
had been difficulties exhisting with the saints in that place
for several years and I did not find any unity of feeling
exhisting among them 6 m
~ Wednesday
13th Rode to Brother Wheelers and Newtons & preached in the
evening to a congregation of the world at Acworth 12.
~ Thursday
14th Rode to Peterborough and spent the night with Br Little
in company with Elder Haven 28 m
~ Friday
15th I spent the day in Peterborough I attended their auction
in the evening
~ Saturday
16th I rode to Lowell and spent the night with Br Pevy 50 m
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," November 29, 1848 - December 17, 1848, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/NkgD