I confirmed 5 Blessed 6 children Administered to
10 that was sick. In the evening I Preached a
funeral sermon upon the death of the Prophets
the house was crowded to overflowing I addressed
the congregation for about 2 hours & the people gave
the most profound attention A good impression was
made many strangers were present that had never
attended our meetings before At the close I spent
half an hour shaking hands then returned to Br Prints & spent the night I dined & took tea with Br Price, & Breakfast with Br Mannan. 6 miles
~ Monday
30th I wrote 2 letters one to Elder Davis &
one to Elder Hedlock I attended a tea meeting with the
Saints at their hall over 200 sat down some Catholics &
others were present we had a good cheerful time I addresed
the meeting in the evening 4 m[iles]
~ Tuesday
31stJULY ^1st Tuesday^ I spent most of the day writing at Br Keens
Sister Elizabeth Keen made me a Present of a box of
steel pens, A Box of Glass stamps & other trinklets Br White-
head gave me some things his son George sent a micricope
to son Willford. I attended the Church meeting in
the evening preached the building of Zion, & temple
& Books &c had a full house & good time at the close
of the meeting it took half an hour to get through
shaking hands & get out of doors several followed me
to Br Prints Br Day told his story about being
cut off By Br Smith I went to bed at one oclok
& spent the night 3 mile
~ Wednesday
July 12ndWednesday I took the parting hand with the
Saints in Birmingham & rode to the Staffordshire
Potteries I found Br & Sister Clark at Br Thomas Yeoman's Stay Maker Picadilla Shelton. I spent the
night at Br Martins in Brunswick street Shelton I wrote 2 letters one to Br Hedlock one to Mrs Woodruff I recieved one from Br Hedlock 40 miles
I confirmed 5 Blessed 6 children administered to
10 that was sick. In the evening I Preached a
funeral Sermon upon the death of the Prophets
the house was crowded to overflowing I addressed
the congregation for about 2 hours & the people gave
the most profound attention A good impression was
made many Strangers were present that had never
attended our meetings before. At the close I spent
half an hour shaking hands then returned to Br
Prints & spent the night I dined & took tea with Br
Price, & Breakfast with Br Mannan, 6 miles
~ Monday
30th [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to Elder Davis &
one to Elder Hedlock I attended a tea meeting with the
Saints at their hall over 200 sat down some Catholics &
others were present we had a good cheerful time I addresed
the meeting in the evening 4 m
~ Tuesday
JULY 1st Tuesday I spent most of the day writing at Br Keens
sister Elizabeth Keen made me a Present of a box of
steel pens, a box of glass stamps & other trinklets Br Whitehead gave me some things his Son George sent a micricope
to son Willford. I attended the Church meeting in
the evening preached the building of Zion, & temple
& Books &c had a full house & good time at the close
of the meeting it took half an hour to get through
shaking hands & get out of doors several followed me
to Br Prints Br Day told his story about being
cut off By Br Smith I went to bed at one oclok
& spent the night 3 mile
~ Wednesday
July 2nd I took the parting hand with the
saints in Birmingham & rode to the Staffordshire
Potteries I found Br & sister Clark at Br Thomas
Yeomans Stay Maker Picadilla Shelton. I spent the
night at Br Martins in Brunswick street Shelton
[FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to Br Hedlock one to Mrs Woodruff
[FIGURE] I received one from Br Hedlock 40 miles
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," June 29, 1845 - July 2, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/QKG