December 15, 1839 ~ Sunday

Dec 15^th Sunday I spent the day with the saints in the Columbian Hall No 263 Grand st &
Preached in the fore part of the day, & Elder Taylor Preached in the afternoon, & P P Pratt
Preached in the evening. I spent the night with Br Taylor at Br Holmes

December 16, 1839 ~ Monday

16^th I went on board the Packet ship Oxford & engaged my Passage to Liverpool to
sail on the 19^th inst. I also wrote a letter to Father & Mother Carter. I spent the
[FIGURE] evening in making preperations for our departure 6 m

December 17, 1839 ~ Tuesday

17 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe, containing a short address to Br & Sister Smoot
I attended a meeting at night at the house of Br Nizbot in Houston Street, we
had a spiritual meeting. P P Pratt Prophesyed that the history of this mission of the
twelve should be known unto all Nations. I spent the night at Br Simons 2 m

December 18, 1839 ~ Wednesday

18^th I laboured hard all day to prepare for our voyage, three of us got our baggage on
board viz Elders Taylor Turley & myself Elders Turley & myself sleped on board 4

December 19, 1839 ~ Thursday

Dec 19^th 18439 The Packet Ship Oxford moved out into the stream with us on board
& the day was spent amid the greatest confusion & bustle that I ever witnessed
for they had taken many more passengers than births to lodge in & the cabin
was stuffed full of chests boxes barrels beds &c & many quarrelling for what they called
their rights

December 20, 1839 ~ Friday

20^th Bustle & confusion is not over the ship is still at anchor. At 12 oclok she spread her
canvass & set sail assisted a few miles by a Steem Boat. She sailed well through the day
The Oxford had on board 64 steerage & 15 cabin Passengers. Capt John Rathbone, 1^st
Mate Yates, 2nd Jones, 1 carpenter, 26 sailors, making 109 souls in all, fare for steerage $15,
cabin $1.40 including wines $1.20 without.