the Church in Quincy voted that Elder Jonathan Dunham be reproved for calling a conference in Springfield
but more esspecially for cherishing & fellowshiping that wrong spirit of Brewsters they also voted that
that Elder Dunham make confession & satisfaction to the Church in Springfield before he procede on his
Journey. The council then adjourned untill early candle light at which time they met & continued
untill midnight & then adjourned. I returned to Br Hales & spent the night
~ Monday
March 18th I spent the day in Quincy visiting the Saints I visited the family of Br Lyman Wight
Sister Wight was well & her children Brother Wight was still in prison in Liberty Clay Co Mo
with Joseph, Hiram, & others I also obtained my trunk that had been in the hands of Sister
Wight for a number of years it contained some of my Journals that I wrote in New Hartford Con I visited a number of families that had camped on the bank of the river they were in a
suffering condition with cold, rain & mud & some the want of food. I visited the Brothers
Higbys &c after spending the day in this manner & holding a council with two of the
Twelve whare It was decided that the twelve immediately moove their families to Quincy
that we might be together in council. I again spent the night with Br Hale 5 miles
~ Tuesday
19th I spent the day in Quincy it rained hard I wrote a letter to Elder M. Holmes
~ Wednesday
20th We left Quincy in the rain to return home at Rochester we had not proceded far before
our horses got stalled in the mud & broke the waggon tongue we soon got out mended up &
went on we rode 14 miles & spent the night [with] a friend Clark 14 [miles]
~ Thursday
201st rode to New Liberty from thence to Kingston & called on Br Wilber from thence to Philips
ferry croosed by moon light & spent the night with Mr Perry a friendly man to the Saints 37 m
~ Friday
212nd rode to Exeter called on Brother Fowler. found a sick man healed that we lade hands upon
as we went up. We called upon Phineas Young & rode to Brother Herret's & spent the night 37
~ Saturday
223rd Rode to Springfield I [c]alled the Church together in order for a council they came together
at candle light at the room of Br Daniels. the house was called to order. Elder Willford Woodruff
of the church in Quincy voted that Elder Jonathan Dunham be reproved for calling a conference in Springfield
but more esspecially for cherishing & fellowshiping that wrong spirit of Brewsters they also voted that
that Elder Dunham make confession & satisfaction to the church in Springfield before he procede on his
Journey. The council then adjourned untill early candle light at which time they met & continued
untill midnight & then adjourned. I returned to Br Hales & spent the night
~ Monday
March 18th I spent the day in Quincy visiting the saints I visited the family of Br Lyman WightSister Wight was well & her children Brother Wight was still in prison in Liberty Clay Co Mo
with Joseph, Hiram, & others I also obtained my trunk that had been in the hands of Sister
Wight for a number of years it contained some of my Journals that I wrote in New HartfordCon I visited a number of families that had camped on the bank of the river they were in a
suffering condition with cold, rain & mud & some the want of food. I visited the Brothers
Higbys &c after spending the day in this manner & holding a council with two of the
Twelve whare It was decided that the twelve immediately moove their families to Quincy
that we might be together in council. I again spent the night with Br Hale 5 miles
~ Tuesday
19th I spent the day in Quincy it rained hard [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder M. Holmes
~ Wednesday
20th We left Quincy in the rain to return home at Rochester we had not proceded far before
our horses got stalled in the mud & broke the waggon tongue we soon got out mended up &
went on we rode 14 miles & spent the night at friend Clark 14
~ Thursday
21st rode to New Liberty from thence to Kingston & called on Br Wilber from thence to Philips
ferry crossed by moon light & spent the night with Mr Perry a friendly man to the saints 37 m
~ Friday
22nd rode to Exeter called on Brother Fowler, found a sick man healed that we lade hands upon
as we went up. We called upon Phineas Young & rode to Brother Herret's & spent the night 37
~ Saturday
23rd Rode to Springfield I called the church together in order for a council they came together
at candle light at the room of Br Daniels, the house was called to order. Elder Willford Woodruff
"Journal (January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1839)," March 17, 1839 - March 23, 1839, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/zq5