during the evening we rode to Newton
& spent the night with Br Simpkins 20 m[iles]

September 16, 1845 ~ Tuesday

16^th [FIGURES] Sarah Carter I took cars rode to Liverpool
And on my arival to the office
I recieved two Nauvoo Naeighbors one times &
Seasons & New York Messenger all bearing
good news of the spread of the work in
America But while in the midst of rejoicing
we often have some sorrow I recieved two
letters one from Ilus F Carter & one
from Father Ezra Carter both giving
an account of the sudden Death of
Sarah Carter his wife (& our Mother)
who departed this life without a struggle
or groan or moving hand or foot at a
quarter past 11 oclok AM on the 21 day of
July Aged 70 years 3 months & 13 days

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during the evening we rode to Newton & spent the night with Br Simpkins 20 m

September 16, 1845 ~ Tuesday

16th FIGURES Sarah Carter I took cars rode to Liverpool And on my arival to the office I recieved two Nauvoo Neighbors one times & Seasons & New York Messenger all bearing good news of the spread of the work in America But while in the midst of rejoicing we often have some sorrow I recieved two letters one from Ilus F Carter & one from Father Ezra Carter both giving an account of the sudden Death of Sarah Carter his wife (& our Mother) who departed this life without a struggle or groan or moving hand or foot at a quarter past 11 oclok AM on the 21 day of July Aged 70 years 3 months & 13 days