Privilege of meeting with my Dear wife &
children I found them all well as could be
expected they like myself had a hard voyage
across the ocean they were 9 weeks & 4 days
on the Passage and ownly got Home A few days
before me. we were all Happy to meet Here
I met my wife And all my children for
over one year Here Parents & children also
meet I spent the night once more with
my family distance from St Louis 200 [miles]
~ Tuesday
14th I had an interview with Br Hyde
And many Saints in Nauvoo I found all
the Saints strugling for life as it were
to gather with the Saints in the wilderness
I found that Br Dwight Webster And Sister
Eunice felt to turn from the Church &
walk no more with us but felt to follow
Mr J J Strang & his Party this I felt
sorry for they having traveld so far
~ Wednesday
15th
In company with Eather and
Mother Woodruff And Phebe cousin
Betsey Cossett Sister Smoot & others
we visited the Temple we all went through
each appartment of it from the font in the
basement to the ball of the tower And had
a view of all Nauvoo & the surrounding
country And after taking a view of each
Appartment of the Temple we again desended
to the ground I rode out on the prairie &
sold mr William Allen my lot of land of
12 Acres & 20 of Br Pulsiphers I also sold
my House And lot in which I am now
living in for $675. I had a vary busy
day
Privilege of meeting with my Dear wife & children I found them all well as could be expected they like myself had a hard voyage across the ocean they were 9 weeks & 4 days on the Passage and ownly got Home A few days before me. we were all Happy to meet Here I met my wife And all my children for over one year Here Parents & Children also meet I spent the night once more with my family distance from St Louis 200
~ Tuesday
14th I had an interview with Br Hyde And many saints in Nauvoo I found all the saints strugling for life as it were to gather with the saints in the wilderness I found that Br Dwight Webster And Sister Eunice felt to turn from the church & walk no more with us but felt to follow Mr J J Strang & his Party this I felt sorry for they having traveld so far
~ Wednesday
15th [FIGURE] In company with Father and Mother Woodruff And Phebe cousin Betsey Cossett Sister Smoot & others we visited the Temple we all went through each appartment of it from the font in the basement to the ball of the tower And had a view of all Nauvoo & the surrounding country And after taking a view of each Appartment of the Temple we again desended to the ground I rode out on the prairie & sold mr William Allen my lot of land of 12 Acres & 20 of Br Pulsiphers I also sold my House And lot in which I am now living in for $675. I had a vary busy day
