43rd Sunday I walked up to Sisters Foss I found her & Phebe Foss both sick. Phebe was taken with the nose bleed
while I was there & bled much it was thought she bled
near two quarts I was there through the day assisting them
two sisters from the Saco Factories called to enquire
about some friends in Nauvoo.
~ Monday
4thPhebe Amelia, & Phebe Foss are both much better
Sister Foss is quite sick I spent most of the day at father Carters writing. I let Sister Foss have $5 dollars in
money to assist her in her sickness
~ Tuesday
5th Sister Foss & her family had a sick day. Phebe Amelia
is still on the mend, it is a cold wet day
~ Wednesday
6th I wrote 4 Letters one to father & Mother Woodruff one to Elder Clark one to Elder Holmes and
one [FIGURE] to B. Y. As an aditions to our troubles to day Ezra Carter jr Brought home Sarah Elizabeth Foss
from Portland quite sick she had taken cold {during her monthly courses} was threatned with a fever a bed
was prepared for her in the same room with her Mother
she appeared puite sick
~ Thursday
7th Sister Foss & Sarah Elizabeth was quite sick through
the day Elizabeth is somwhat dangerous
~ Friday
8th Sister Foss & Elizabeth had an exceding sick day Mrs Woodruff & myself were with them evry moment
almost through the day they both took a course of the
Thomsonian Medicine Elizabeth appears to be sinking Phebe Amelia is gaining slowly
~ Saturday
9th Mrs Woodruff & myself both felt quite unwell
being over the sick so much the day before the sicknes
of Sister Foss & her family is the Typhus fever of the
most malignant kind. I spent a part of the day with
Sister Foss family. Ira Foss is down to day sick went
through a course of medicine Sister Foss is some better
to day but Elizabeth is vary low
~ Sunday
3rd Sunday I walked up to Sisters Foss I found her &
Phebe Foss both sick. Phebe was taken with the nose bleed
while I was there & bled much it was thought she bled
near two quarts I was there through the day assisting them
two sisters from the Saco Factories called to enquire
about some friends in Nauvoo.
~ Monday
4thPhebe Amelia, & Phebe Foss are both much better
Sister Foss is quite sick I spent most of the day at father
Carters writing. I let Sister Foss have $5 dollars in
money to assist her in her sickness
~ Tuesday
5th Sister Foss & her family had a sick day. Phebe Amelia
is still on the mend, it is a cold wet day
~ Wednesday
6th FIGURES I wrote 4 Letters one to father & Mother
Woodruff one to Elder Clark one to Elder Holmes and
one [FIGURE] to B. Y. As an aditions to our troubles to day
Ezra Carter jr brought home Sarah Elizabeth Foss
from Portland quite sick she had taken cold
{during her monthly courses} was threatned with a fever a bed
was prepared for her in the same room with her Mother
she appeared puite sick
~ Thursday
7th Sister Foss & Sarah Elizabeth was quite sick
through the day. Elizabeth is somwhat dangerous
~Friday
8th Sister Foss & Elizabeth had an exeeding sick day Mrs
Woodruff & myself were with them evry moment
almost through the day they both took a course of the
Thomsonian Medicine Elizabeth appears to be sinking
Phebe Amelia is gaining slowly
~ Saturday
9thMrs Woodruff & myself both felt quite unwell
being over the sick so much the day before the sickness
of Sister Foss & her family is the Typhus fever of the
most malignant kind. I spent apart of the day with
Sister Foss family, Ira Foss is down to day sick went
through a course of medicine. Sister Foss is some better
to day but Elizabeth is vary low
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