into the hands of our enemies against us; ^t^They had
oppressed the poor saints ^& had brought sought to bring distress th upon them^, and had become covenant breakers,
for which they ^will feel the^ wrath of God,^.^ he said, they would become
whited walls.

April 13 1837, I married Phebe W. Carter daughter
of Ezra and Sarah Carter of Scarborough, Maine, the ceremony
was performed, at the house of Prest. Joseph Smith, by Fred.
G. Williams Esq. the prophet Joseph was expecting ^had appointed^ to marry us,
but his life was sought by a mob and he had to flee.

15, I received my Patriarchal blessings under the hands
of the Patriarch Joseph Smith Sen. My wife having received her
Patriarchal blessings from him previously.

May 5[th], while laboring for Joseph Young, we ^Kirtland^ wereas
visited with a sudden storm of wind and rain, a vain ^current^ of it passed
south of the Temple in the form of a whirlwind or tornado, which
destroyed and injured several buildings, it clo cros crushed ^one of^ Joseph Young's
buildings and removed the one we were in some 10 feet, but no
person was injured. ¶ I felt impressed to go out upon a mission,
the spirit was upon me & lead me to go to Fox islands called
Vinal Haven, bordering East upon the ^east coast of the^ state of Maine, it was a
country I had never visited, I named my feelings upon the subject
to Elders Kimball, Rigdon and others, they encouraged me to go.
Elder Kimball blessed me and said in the name of the Lord I
should be blessed and prospered on my mission and do a good work;
I made a proposed to Jonathan H. Hale to accompany me on
my mission, which he did.

May—31, I left my wife and friends in Kirtland, and
walked to Fairport in company with bro. Hale, we were joined by
Milton Holmes, & took the steamer Sandusky and arrived in Buffalo
June 1st, and Syracuse on the 4th, — walked 36 miles to Richland,
Oswego Co. N.Y. and called upon my two brothers Azmon &
Thompson, whom I had not seen for several years; we
visited the churches as far as Sacketts' harbor—called upon
Arch^d. Patten and delivered to him some letters from Warren
Parrish, ^in^ which were enclosed many ^one^ hundred ^dollar^ bills, which he had

into the hands of our enemies against us; they had oppressed the poor saints & had brought distress upon them, and had become covenant breakers, for which they will feel the wrath of God. .

April 13 1837, I married Phebe W. Carter daughter of Ezra and Sarah Carter of Scarborough, Maine, the ceremony was performed at the house of Prest. Joseph Smith, by Fred. G. Williams Esq. the prophet Joseph appointed to marry us, but his life was sought by a mob and he had to flee.

15, I received my Patriarchal blessing under the hands of the Patriarch Joseph Smith Sen. My wife having received her Patriarchal blessing previously.

May 5th, while laboring for Joseph Young, Kirtland was visited with a sudden storm of wind and rain, a current passed south of the Temple in the form of a whirlwind or tornado, which destroyed and injured several buildings, it crushed one of Joseph Young's buildings and removed the one we were in some 10 feet, but no person was injured. ¶ I felt impressed to go out upon a mission, the spirit was upon me & lead me to go to Fox islands , it was a country I had never visited, I named my feelings upon the subject to Elders Kimball, Rigdon and others, they encouraged me to go. Elder Kimball blessed me and said in the name of the Lord I should be blessed and prospered on my mission and do a good work; I proposed to Jonathan H. Hale to accompany me , which he did.

—31, I left my wife and friends in Kirtland, and walked to Fairport with bro. Hale, we were joined by Milton Holmes, & took the steamer Sandusky and arrived in Buffalo June 1st, and Syracuse on the 4th, — walked 36 miles to Richland, Oswego Co. N.Y. and called upon my two brothers Azmon & Thompson, whom I had not seen for several years; we visited the churches as far as Sacketts' harbor—called upon Archd. Patten and delivered to him some letters from Warren Parrish, in which were enclosed many one hundred dollar bills, which he had