November 21, 1844 ~ Thursday

21^st After being blockaded with sickness with
my children & friends in Scarboro for near
a month & surrounded by great darkness during
the time for it seems as though the destroyer
was trying to hedge up my way to hender me on
my mission, & whare the destroyer is their is
darkness & sorrow, yet this I morning I feel
like biursting their bands & going my way. I took
cars at Saco in company with Mrs Woodruff
& our youngest child Susan Cornelia to start on
our way for New York & set sail for England
we rode to Haverhill & stoped & rode to Georgetown
in a waggon with Elder Hardy to Father Holmes &
we spent the night with them & had an interesting
church meeting with the Saints. I ordained Elder
Nathaniel Holmes to the office of High Priest
& one Elder 1 Priest & one deacon, they contributed
$3.50 cts to assist me on my Journey, distance 75 mi
I wrote a letter to Hiram Clark fare $6.50 to Boston

November 22, 1844 ~ Friday

22^nd Took cars rode to Boston stoped at No 8
East Orange street at Br Jacob Phelps Mrs
Woodruff was taken sick as soon as she got
there went to bed vomited & felt some better
I met with the Church in the evening 8 was
cut off from the Church who had joined
Sidney Rigdon. Sidney Rigdon was cut off
from the Church, for trying to divide the
Church, calling Joseph Smith the fallen
Prophet, & illegally ordaining men to be kings &
Priest unto God when he had not that office
himself he had been in a state of apostacy
for five years, & was now cut off by the
legal authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints and since he has been
cut off he is trying to draw away as many as
he can after him & as fast as their are any

November 21, 1844 ~ Thursday

21st After being blockaded with sickness with my children & friends in Scarboro for near a month & surrounded by great darkness during the time for it seems as though the destroyer was trying to hedge up my way to hender me on my mission, & whare the destroyer is their is darkness & sorrow, yet this I morning I feel like bursting their bands & going my way. I took cars at Saco in company with Mrs Woodruff & our youngest child Susan Cornelia to start on our way for New York & set sail for England we rode to Haverhill & stoped & rode to Georgetown in a waggon with Elder Hardy to Father Holmes & we spent the night with them & had an interesting church meeting with the saints. I ordained Elder Nathaniel Holmes to the office of High Priest & one Elder 1 Priest & one deacon. they contributed $3.50 cts to assist me on my Journey. distance 75 mile [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Hiram Clark fare $6.50 to Boston

November 22, 1844 ~ Friday

22d Took cars rode to Boston stoped at No 8 East Orange street at Br Jacob Phelps Mrs Woodruff was taken sick as soon as she got there went to bed vomited & felt some better I met with the church in the evening 8 was cut off from the church who had joined Sidney Rigdon. Sidney Rigdon was cut off from the church, for trying to divide the church, calling Joseph Smith the fallen Prophet, &illegally ordaining men to be kings & Priest unto God when he had not that office himself he had been in a state of apostacy for five years, & was now cut off by the legal authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and since he has been cut off he is trying to draw away as many as he can after him & as fast as their are any