Nov 26th[FIGURE] I perused a letter from Elder Benjamin
GrewardTahita South Pacific. I wrote
him a long letter & gave him a statement of affair
since he left. spoke of the death of Joseph & Hiram & Samuel Smith. We took cars & rode to Providence
from thence to Stonnington Ct. there took the
steemer Massacheusetts but lay at the dock all
night in consequence of the storm.
~ Wednesday
27th Left Stonnington at day light in a storm or
against a strong wind arived in New York
at 4 o'clok took coach rode to Ilus F Carters store
460 Pearl st. from thence he accompanied
us to his dwelling 24 second street out of the
Bowery we found him & his family well fare to
New York from New Bedford self & Lady $11.25
distance from New Bedford to New York 250 miles.
during the evening I called at the Prophet Office
No 7 spruce street from thence 160 20th st. then
returned to 24 second st & spent the night [FIGURE] I recieved A letter from my Father & Mother stating
that Samuel Deming had turned Father off from
the mill after he had spent all of his life untill old age
& had spent the last summer in repairing the mills untill
they were ready to start & winter ready to set in
was turned off without any notice, may the Lord
reward him according to his work
Nov 26th [FIGURE] I perused a letter from Elder Benjamin
GrewardTahita South Pacific. I wrote
him a long letter & gave him a statement of affair
since he left. spoke of the death of Joseph & Hiram &
Samuel Smith. we took cars & rode to Providence
from thence to Stonnington Ct. there took the
steemer Massacheusetts but lay at the dock all
night in consequence of the storm.
~ Wednesday
27th Left Stonnington at day light in a storm or
against a strong wind arived in New York
at 4 o'clok took coach rode to Ilus F Carters store
460 Pearl st. from thence he accompanied
us to his dwelling 24 second street out of the
Bowery we found him & his family well fare to
New York from New Bedford self & Lady $11.25
distance from New Bedford to New York 250 miles.
during the evening I called at the Prophet Office
no 7 spruce street from thence 160 20th st. then
returned to 24th second st & spent the night
[FIGURE] I recieved A letter from my Father & Mother stating
that Samuel Deming had turned Father off from
the mill after he had spent all of his life untill old age
& had spent the last summer in repairing the mills untill
they were ready to start & winter ready to set in
was turned off without any notice, may the Lord
reward him according to his work
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," November 26, 1844 - November 28, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 30, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Lmw