but (I never learned what his sentiments were
upon this subject at the end of his tearm of
fourteen years ^imprisonment^ in the Thomastons penetentiary
for a rape upon his daughter the judgment of
which was given upon the testimony of both wife
and daughter) I was present at & heard Mr Douglass in his discours upon the occasion
and took minutes of the same when he closed
I came and informed the people I would meet
with them next Sunday in the meeting house &
answer Mr Douglass and wished him as well
as the people to be present I informed the people
that Mr Douglass had made many fals statements
against Joseph Smith and the mormons a people with
whom he had No aquaintance and he had
misquoted much scripture all of which I wished
to correct. We continued to baptize the people
on the North Island untill we had baptized every
person who owe dollars in the Baptist Meeting
House I then followed Mr Douglass home
but (I never learned what his sentiments were
upon this subject at the end of his tearm of
fourteen years imprisonment in the Thomastons penetentiary
for a rape upon his daughter the judgment of
which was given upon the testimony of both wife
and daughter) I was present & heard Mr
Douglass in his discours upon the occasion
and took minutes of the same when he closed
I came and informed the people I would meet
with them next Sunday in the meeting house &
answer Mr Douglass and wished him as well
as the people to be present I informed the people
that Mr Douglass had made many fals statements
against Joseph Smith and the mormons a people with
whom he had No aquaintance and he had
misquoted much scripture all of which I wished
to correct. We continued to baptize the people
on the North Island untill we had baptized every
person who owe dollars in the Baptist Meeting
House I then followed Mr Douglass home
"Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1," p. 16, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 15, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/n7yR