town of Preston And it may be the
last time that one of the quorum of
the Twelve may ever speak in the
Preston cock pit
~ Monday
Jan 5th The Preston Saints made me
a present of £5 to Assist me to Calafornia
I bid the Saints farewell many sent there
love to the Twelve & there friends in Nauvoo
I took cars rode to Liverpool called at
the office & returned home vary weary
but went to work packing up our trunks
worked untill we were all tiered out
And retired to rest 40 m[iles]
~ Tuesday
6th[FIGURES] I got one letter from
Elder Jones of Wales vary interesting
of the progress of the work I wrote
2 letters 4 [miles]
8th[FIGURES] I recieved 3 letters & wrote 2
I bought A pair of fine gold spectacles
containing good pebbles for the eyes for W. W. Phelps Paid for the same £1.12
I recieved one letter from Glasgow
containing £20. £8.17.0 was for
the Temple & £11.3.0 for myself
~ Friday
9th I recieved 4 letters & wrote 3 it
was A vary busy Day
town of Preston And it may be the
last time that one of the quorum of
the Twelve may ever speak in the
Preston cock pit
~ Monday
Jan 5th The Preston Saints made me
a present of £5 to Assist me to Calafornia
I bid the Saints farewell many sent there
love to the Twelve & there friends in Nauvoo
I took cars rode to Liverpool called at
the office & returned home vary weary
but went to packing up our trunks
worked untill we were all tiered out
And retired to rest 40 m
~ Tuesday
6th FIGURES I got one letter from
Elder Jones of wales vary interesting
of the progress of the work. I wrote
2 letters 4
~ Wednesday
7th FIGURES I recieved 2 letters & wrote 3
~ Thursday
8th FIGURES I recieved 3 letters & wrote 2
I bought A pair of fine gold spectacles
containing good pebbles for the eyes for
W. W. Phelps. Paid for the same £1.12
I recieved one letter from Glasgow
containing £20 £8.17.0 was for
the Temple & £11.3.0 for myself
~ Friday
9th I recieved 4 letters & wrote 3 it
was A vary busy Day
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," January 4, 1846 - January 9, 1846, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/5y1x