with chills and fever or sickness of some kind nearly
all the Quorum of the Twelve began to be sick and their
families so it still required a good deal of faith
and perserverance to be exercised in order to start off
on a Mission with the chills & fever. On the 25 July
for the first time in my life I was attacked with the
chills & fever this I had every other day which laid
me prostrate each day my chill was upon me My
wife Phebe was also soon taken down with chills &
fever as were quite a Number of the Twelve I spent 13
^days^ in Montrose with my family after I was taken sick
before I started upon my missions. The 7 day of August
was the last day I spent at home in Montrose and although
sick with the chills & fever most of the day I made
what preparations I could to start on my ^the^ mission on the
morrow a mission of four thousand miles to preach
the Gospel to the Nations of the Earth and that to without money
purse or scrip with the power of disease resting upon
with a shak[e] of the fever & ague each alternate day but
but yet I do this freely for Christ sake trusting in
him for the recompense of reward. May the Lord give
me grace according to my day and souls for my hire &
a safe return to my family & friends while f◊◊ter [ink blot] ask
in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

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