was called to the chair & Elder Edwin P. Merriam clerk I opened the meeting by prayer & address
ed the Church in great plainness one hour as Elder Dunham had transgressed openly before the
Church I rebuked him openly & protested against the spirit he possessed & maintained during the
Springfield Conference ie the Brewster spirit Elder Simeon Carter followed me & maintained the
principle with me & so did the others that spoke Elder Jonathan Dunham arose & confessed his fault
& asked forgiveness & also Br Brewster & some others & we forgave them all. I next made a requ
est of the Church to make a collection in the behalf of the poor Saints in Far West or for their remo
val & their was about $70 dollars donated for this purpose & a messenger immediately sent to
Quincy with the money for that purpose we then closed our council, & I spent the night with Br
Whittle the Distance of the day 24 [miles]
~ Sunday
24th Sunday I returned to my dwelling in Rochester.
~ Monday
25th
I wrote to Br Nathaniel Thomas 8 mil
~ Monday
April 1st I have spent several days drawing rails & settleing my business in order to move to Quincy
~ Wednesday
3rd
My life from my childhood hath ever been attended with a continued succ
ession of the greatest dangers & misfortunes almost that are incident to human life. I was this morning also
delivered by the mercy of God out of great dangers while riding upon the running part of a waggon without
the box the bolt droped out of the reach or cupling pole & I was sitting upon the bolster over the foremost
wheels & the waggon parted & I was immediately closed or shut up between the bolster & tuongue the
horses being frightend they ran with me & dragged me upon the ground for several minutes I was soon
enabled to run the horses into a fence & stoped them untill I could extricate myself from the difficulty
~ Monday to ~ Tuesday
April 8th I took the parting hand with the Saints in Rochester & left for Quincy with my family I passed through
Springfield [and] Jacksonsville, crossed the river at Philips ferry we arived in Quincy on the 16th being 8 days
on the road during which time I was severely afflicted with sore eyes the whole distance 120 miles
~ Wednesday
17th I settled my family in Quincy & prepared myself to accompany the twelve to fulfill a certain revelatio
n & commandment of the Lord which required us to take our leave of the Saints at far west
on the 26th day of April 1839 for the nations of the earth [Doctrine and Covenants 118:4-5]
was called to the chair & Elder Edwin P. Merriam clerk I opened the meeting by prayer & address ed the church in great plainness one hour as Elder Dunham had transgressed openly before the church I rebuked him openly & protested against the spirit he possessed & maintained during the Springfield Conference ie the Brewster spirit Elder Simeon Carter followed me & maintained the principle with me & so did the others that spoke Elder Jonathan Dunham arose & confessed his fault & asked forgiveness & also Br Brewster & some others & we forgave them all. I next made a requ est of the church to make a collection in the behalf of the poor saints in Far West or for their remo val & their was about $70 dollars donated for this purpose & a messenger immediately sent to Quincy with the money for that purpose we then closed our council. & I spent the night with Br Whittle the Distance of the day 24
~ Sunday
24th Sunday I returned to my dwelling in Rochester.
~ Monday
25th [FIGURE] I wrote to Br Nathaniel Thomas 8 mil
~ Monday
April 1st I have spent several days drawing rails & settleing my business in order to move to Quincy
~ Wednesday
3rd FIGURES My life from my childhood hath ever been attended with a continued succ ession of the greatest dangers & misfortunes almost that are incident to human life. I was this morning also delivered by the mercy of God out of great dangers while riding upon the running part of a waggon without the box the bolt droped out of the reach or cupling pole & I was sitting upon the bolster over the foremost wheels & the waggon parted & I was immediately closed or shut up between the bolster & tongue the horses being frightend they ran with me & dragged me upon the ground for several minutes I was soon enabled to run the horses into a fence & stoped them untill I could extricate myself from the difficulty
~ Monday
April 8th I took the parting hand with the saints in Rochester & left for Quincy with my family I passed through Springfield and Jacksonsville, crossed the river at Philips ferry we arived in Quincy on the 16th being 8 days on the road during which time I was severely afflicted with sore eyes the whole distance 120 miles
~ Wednesday
17th I settled my family in Quincy & prepared myself to accompany the twelve to fulfill a certain revelatio n & commandment of the Lord which required us to take our leave of the saints at far west on the 26th day of for the nations of the earth
