stop the families of warsaw had gone to Quincy the bells of the town were ringing
& men were called to arms, but where
the end would be time alone must detirmin
the foregoing items I draw from the papers
we shall look for terrible accounts each
day untill the close of the scene.
We also recieved a hand bill in the evening
concerning the mob, war excitement &c in philadelphia which was tremendious in fact
the nation seems to be ripe for Judgment.
I spent the night with Sister Foss. sI lade hands
upon her & asked the Lord to Bless her she felt
sorrowful about affairs in the west, felt
anxious about Phebe and the children. My prayer
is that God will prepare our minds for the
worst & that we may maintain our integrity
untill death, that we may overcome as
Jesus has overcome
I took out the letter from Portland P. O.
that I sent to Mrs Woodruff on the 8th & Br Elbridge Tufts wrote to his Brother in Law Nathan Pinkham of Quincy Ill. to take hifs
family in charge if they were breaking up &
removeing from Nauvoo. I also requested
him to take charge of my family if they
needed the favor. he keeps tavern by the side
of the qwincy house distance of the ^day^ 20 miles
~ Wednesday
10th I walked to Father Carters & spent the fore-
noon dined with them & took the parting hand
with them, & rode with Sister Foss & IcaCalvin &
Br Tufts to Saco. Called upon Sister Rhoda. Luther
was from home much anxiety was manifest about Phebe. I here took the cars for Boston arived at
9 oclock with Elder Stodard distance 100 miles
stop. the families of warsaw had gone to
Quincy the bells of the town were ringing
& men were called to arms, but where
the end would be time alone must detirmin
the foregoing items I draw from the papers
we shall look for terrible accounts each
day untill the close of the scene.
We also recieved a hand bill in the evening
concerning the mob war excitement &c in
philadelphia which was tremendious in fact
the nation seems to be ripe for Judgment.
I spent the night with sister Foss. I lade hands
upon her & asked the Lord to Bless her she felt
sorrowful about affairs in the west, felt
anxious about Phebe and the Children. My prayer
is that God will prepare our minds for the
worst & that we may maintain our integrity
untill death, that we may overcome as
Jesus has overcome
[FIGURE] I took out the letter from Portland P.O.
that I sent to Mrs Woodruff on the 8th & Br
Elbridge Tufts wrote to his Brother in Law
Nathan Pinkham of Quincy Ill. to take his
family in charge if they were breaking up &
removeing from Nauvoo. I also requested
him to take charge of my family if they
needed the favor. he keeps tavern by the side
of the quincy house distance of the day 20 miles
~ Wednesday
10th I walked to Father Carters & spent the forenoon dined with them & took the parting hand
with them, & rode with Sister Foss & Calvin &
Br Tufts to Saco. Called upon Sister Rhoda, Luther
was from home much anxiety was manifest about
Phebe. I here took the cars for Boston arived at
9 oclock with Elder Stodard distance 100 miles
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," July 9, 1844 - July 10, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/RnE