April 16th[FIGURE] 10 P I went to the office & carried
£40 which I had recieved at
the conference for the covenants, Temple & Emegra
tion. On my arival there I recieved 4 Letters
one from President Young, one from Elder P. P. Pratt
one from Father Carter, & one from Glasgow, the
three letters from America were full of interest
Br Young speaks of the Progress of the Temple &
endowment & affairs in Nauvoo. Elder Fordham Brannan & Pratt all write in one letter containing
good news. Father Carter & Sister Foss both write
in one letter they state that Sister foss family are all
well though several of them lay at the Point of
Death when we left our child Phebe Amelia is well
it is the first letter we have recieved from
them since we left New York
I also recieved 10 Papers 6 from Nauvoo & 4
from New York 4 miles
~ Thursday
17th Wrote some in my Journal & went to the office I wrote three Letters one to M. Holmes one
to Thomas Smith, one to A Sister in Edinboro
4 [miles]
~ Friday
18th I wrote one letter to H. Clark one to Wm Smith, spent the day at the office 4 [miles]
20th I attended meeting in Liverpool ^Branch^ herd Br Davis Preach in the morneing Br Mynell in the evening
had a good day plesant time. Dined with Br Brown 4 [miles]
~ Wednesday
April 16th [FIGURE] 10 P I went to the office & carried
£40 which I had recieved at
the conference for the covenants, Temple & Emegra
tion. On my arival there I recieved 4 Letters
one from President Young, one from Elder P. P. Pratt
one from Father Carter, & one from Glasgow. the
three letters from America were full of interest
Br Young speaks of the Progress of the Temple &
endowment & affairs in Nauvoo. Elder FordhamBrannan & Pratt all write in one letter containig
good news. Father Carter & Sister Foss both write
in one letter they state that Sister foss family are all
well though several of them lay at the Point of
Death when we left. our child Phebe Amelia is well
it is the first letter we have recieved from
them since we left New York
I also recieved 10 Papers 6 from Nauvoo & 4
from New York 4 miles
~ Thursday
17th wrote some in my Journal & went to the office
[FIGURE] I wrote three Letters one to M. Holmes one
to Thomas Smith, one to A Sister in Edinboro
4
~ Friday
18th [FIGURE] I wrote one letter to H. Clark one to
Wm Smith, spent the day at the office 4
20th I attended meeting in Liverpool Branch herd Br
Davis Preach in the morning Br Mynell in the evening
had a good day plesant time. Dined with Br Brown 4
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," April 16, 1845 - April 20, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jkP