October 23, 1838 ~ Tuesday

Oct 23 We sent a paper home to Maine. Rode 15 miles & camped {distance} 15 miles

October 24, 1838 ~ Wednesday

24 Rode to mome & spent the night [FIGURE] Orwel myself wife & child was sick {distance} 15

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^On the 24 Oct T B Marsh made his Affidavit^
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October 25, 1838 ~ Thursday

25 Rode to Sayryacuse to Camalias & spent the night. Brother Brown broke an axletree yesterday
he broke an other we seem to be impeded in our progress we had a hail storm to day 20 m

October 26, 1838 ~ Friday

26 [FIGURES] This was a trying day to me I broke open my barrel Phebe was much tried rode 10 miles 10

October 27, 1838 ~ Saturday

27 We have troublesome times in the camp several of the children are vary sick one of Br Thomas
children is at the point of death we travel ^slow^ & have many hindrences. We rode to the free bridge
& camped 2 miles west of it we had a vary bad road about 4 miles near the bridge 12

October 28, 1838 ~ Sunday

28 {Sunday} We travled through Phelps a beautiful township of land & to Manchester & spent the
night at the house of Joseph Sawyier within six miles of Palmira whare the Book of Mormon was found 20

October 29, 1838 ~ Monday

29 A cold day we had some snow our babe was still sick we rode to Canandagua to east &
west Broomfield to Lima & spent the night {Distance} 25

October 30, 1838 ~ Tuesday

30 we travled to Avon to La roy & to the centre of Stafford & spent the night at the Inn 26

October 31, 1838 ~ Wednesday

31 A cold winter'^s day snow 2 inch deep our horses draged the waggons all day through mud
& water we passed through Batavia and Rukville and spent the night 21

November 1, 1838 ~ Thursday

Nov 1^st We had a bad road for 15 miles we travled to williamsville & spent the night within 5 miles of
Buffalo. Distance of the day 20

November 2, 1838 ~ Friday

2^nd We rode into Buffalo & spent several hours in the city Elder M Holmes took the steam boat Erie for
Fairport we left Buffalo & travled to Hamburg & put up for the night at the farmers hotel {Distance} 19

November 3, 1838 ~ Saturday

3^rd Here we parted with some of our company. Brother Cyrus Sterrett & his family & Mr Whitley & family
stoped & returned to Buffalo to spend the winter as the expenses was so great it was thought we
could not all get to Zion this winter so they stoped to labour & Br Thomas let them have a span of horses
& a waggon to help them up in the spring. After taking the parting hand with these friends we rode through
the rain to Evens & spent the night with David Cook {distance} 17 miles

October 23, 1838 ~ Tuesday

Oct 23 we sent a paper home to Maine. Rode 15 miles & camped {distance} 15 miles

October 24, 1838 ~ Wednesday

24 Rode to mome & spent the night. Orvel myself wife & child was sick {distance} 15

October 25, 1838 ~ Thursday

25 Rode to Syracuse to Camalias & spent the night. Brother Brown broke an axletree yesterday he broke an other we seem to be impeded in our progress we had a hail storm today 20 m

October 26, 1838 ~ Friday

26 FIGURES This was a trying day to me I broke open my barrel Phebe was much tried rode 10 miles 10

October 27, 1838 ~ Saturday

27 We have troublesome times in the camp several of the children are vary sick one of Br Thomas children is at the point of death we travel slow & have many hindrences. We rode to the free bridge & camped 2 miles west of it we had a vary bad road about 4 miles near the bridge 12

October 28, 1838 ~ Sunday

28 {Sunday} We travled through Phelps a beautiful township of land & to Manchester & spent the night at the house of Joseph Sawyier within six miles of Palmira whare the Book of Mormon was found 20

October 29, 1838 ~ Monday

29 A cold day we had some snow our babe was still sick we rode to Canandagua to east & west Broomfield to Lima & spent the night {Distance} 25

October 30, 1838 ~ Tuesday

30 we travled to Avon to Laroy & to the centre of Stafford & spent the night at the Inn 26

October 31, 1838 ~ Wednesday

31 A cold winter's day snow 2 inch deep our horses draged the waggons all day through mud and water we passed through Batavia and Rukville and spent the night 21

November 1, 1838 ~ Thursday

Nov 1st We had a bad road for 15 miles we travled to williamsville & spent the night within 5 miles of Buffalo Distance of the day 20

November 2, 1838 ~ Friday

2rd We rode into Buffalo & spent several hours in the city Elder M Holmes took the steam boat Erie for Fairport we left Buffalo & travled to Hamburg & put up for the night at the farmers hotel {Distance} 19

November 3, 1838 ~ Saturday

3rd Here we parted with some of our company. Brother Cyrus Sterrett & his family & Mr Whitley & family stoped & returned to Buffalo to spend the winter as the expenses was so great it was thought we could not all get to Zion this winter so they stoped to labour & Br Thomas let them have a span of horses & a waggon to help them up in the spring. After taking the parting hand with these friends we rode through the rain to Evens & spent the night with David Cook {distance} 17 miles