~ Tuesday
16th
2 As I arose in the morning Sister
Phelps handed me two Letters one from E. Snow
and one from J. E. Page both confirming the death
of thehe Patriarch and Prophet Joseph & Hyram
Smith; I immediately wrote three letters & sent
to Brigham Young one to Peterboro N. H. one to Lowell
& one to Brabford Mass. I then went to the post office
& took out a letters directed to G. A. Smith written
mostly by his wife. Mrs Woodruff wrote a few
lines in it to me the first intelligence I had from her
since I left home. She related the following dream
that Joseph Smith had a few days before he sealed
[FIGURE] his testimony with his blood, about Wm & Wilson Law
he thought they bound him hand cast him into prision
a pit or well as Joseph was anciently he struggled
hard & got up so he could look out & he saw the Laws
a little distance off one of them in the ^grasp^ hands of a
tiger & the other a snake they called to him to come &
help them He told them they had bound him &
they could not. he thought a brother soon came
along & took him out of the pit [FIGURE] I called upon
Sister Voce 57 Temple St Saw Sister Ruth Sayers
who was with her tShe also recieved a letter from
her husband this day Dated Nauvoo June 30th &
still confirmed the death of Joseph & Hiram Smith
gave the whole particulars concerning it
~ Wednesday
^I have never shed a tear since I heard of the death of
the prophets untill this morning but my whole soul has felt nerved
up like steel^
17th Elder B. Young arived in Boston this morning
I walked with him to 57 Temple st and called
upon Sister Voice. Br Young took the bed and I the
big chair, and I here veiled my face and for the
first time gave vent to my grief and mourning
for the Prophet and Patriarch of the Church
Joseph and Hiram Smith who were murdered by
a gentile mob. after being bathed in a flood of tears
I felt composed. Elder Young left the city I spent
the night with at Br Phelps
~ Tuesday
16th FIGURES As I arose in the morning Sister Phelps handed me two Letters one from E. Snow and one from J. E. Page both confirming the death of the Patriarch and Prophet Joseph & Hyram Smith; I immediately wrote three letters & sent to Brigham Young one to Peterboro N.H. one to Lowell & one to Brabford Mass. I then went to the Post Office & took out a letters directed to G. A. Smith written mostly by his wife. Mrs Woodruff wrote a few lines in it to me the first intelligence I had from her since I left home. She related the following dream that Joseph Smith had a few days before he sealed [FIGURE] his testimony with his blood, about Wm & Wilson Law he thought they bound him and cast him into a pit or well as Joseph was anciently he struggled hard & got up so he could look out & he saw the Laws a little distance off one of them in the grasp of a tiger & the other a snake they called to him to come & help them He told them they had bound him & they could not. he thought a brother soon came along & took him out of the pit [FIGURE] I called upon Sister Voce 57 Temple St. Saw Sister Ruth Sayers who was with her. She also recieved a letter from her husband this day Dated Nauvoo June 30th & still confirmed the death of Joseph & Hiram Smith gave the whole particulars concerning it
~ Wednesday
I have never shed a tear since I heard of the death of the prophets untill this morning but my whole soul has felt nerved up like steel 17th Elder B. Young arived in Boston this morning I walked with him to 57 Temple st and called upon Sister Voice. Br Young took the bed and I the big chair, and I here veiled my face and for the first time gave vent to my grief and mourning for the Prophet and Patriarch of the Church Joseph and Hiram Smith who were murdered by a gentile mob, after being bathed by a flood of tears I felt composed. Elder Young left the city I spent the night at Br Phelps
