Aug 28th A vary busy morning packing up goods
preparing to start, recieving blessings, blessing People
biding friends farewell, which occupied nearly the
whole day. at 4 oclok in the evening I parted with
the quorum of the Twelve at the Temple and star-
ted on my Journey again for England, our company
consisted of W. Woodruff wife and two children Hiram Clark & wife, And Capt [blank] Jones and wife
& three Brethren that went came with their teams to
convey us to Chicago. We rode to Br Kelloggs & spent
the night 15 miles from Nauvoo.
~ Thursday
29th Rode to Laharp & spent the afternoon & held
a meeting in the evening with the Saints, they gave us
$2.15 cts to help us on our Journey I spent the night
with Elder George Coulson
^Sept 1st Sunday^ 31st Saturday rode to Br. Gailords and took breakfast
fed our horses, saw Elder Phineas Wright on his
way to Nauvoo we rode to Toulon and spent
the night with Elder Perry It was the hotest day
we had experienced during the season but we had
a heavy storm in the evening. Elder G. A. Smith and
myself had held a meeting in the court house in
this place once once before this season on our way
east
~ Monday
2nd Continued our journey
~ Tuesday
3 Rode to Spoon River could not cross went up the
river 2 miles forded and returned to the road spent
about 3 hours in gaining 1 mile, crossed the low prairie
to Providence spent the night at Cushion's Tavern
Aug 28th A vary busy morning packing up goods
preparing to start, Recieving blessings, blessing People
biding friends farewell, which occupied nearly the
whole day. at 4 oclok in the evening I parted with
the quorum of the Twelve at the Temple and started on my Journey again for England, our company
consisted of W. Woodruff wife and two children
Hiram Clark & wife. And Capt [blank] Jones and wife
& three Brethren that came with their teams to
convey us to Chicago. We rode to Br Kelloggs & spent
the night 15 miles from Nauvoo.
~ Thursday
29th Rode to Laharp & spent the afternoon & held
a meeting in the evening with the Saints, they gave us
$2.15 cts to help us on our Journey I spent the night
with Elder George Coulson
Sept 1st Sunday
rode to Br. Gailords and took breakfast
fed our horses, saw Elder Phineas Wright on his
way to Nauvoo we rode to Toulon and spent
the night with Elder Perry. It was the hotest day
we had experienced during the season but we had
a heavy storm in the evening. Elder G. A. Smith and
myself had held a meeting in the court house in
this place once once before this season on our way
east
~ Monday
2nd Continued our journey
~ Tuesday
3 Rode to Spoon River could not cross went up the
River 2 miles forded and returned to the road spent
about 3 hours in gaining 1 mile, crossed the low prairie
to Providence spent the night at Cushion's Tavern
~ Wednesday
4th Paid the bill $3. Rode through Princeton after
crossing Beauro near Indiantown passed Dover and
stoped for the night with Br Simpson B. Huffaker
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," August 28, 1844 - September 4, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 6, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jZ5