is taken from the history of by Edward Coxe
After reading this History I walked to Br & met in council with the officers had a
good time from thence to Br & spent
the night {Distance of the day} 3 miles
March 7, 1841 ~ Sunday
7
th Sunday I preached in the morning at the house
of Br & in the evening at the
kitchen, upon the Book of mormon had a full house
spent the night at Sister 4 mils
March 8, 1841 ~ Sunday ~ Monday
March 8
th I met in the Conference at the
Kitchen Elder was chosen
Clerk presid-
ent & Elder clerk. Being present 1
High Counsel travelling, 1 High Priest 7 Elders 11
Priest, 2 Teachers 1 Deacon meeting opened by
Prayer by Elder Woodruff after which the Chur
ches were represented Garway 104, 3, 1, 2, 1
Do. (12, 0 2, 1 0) (8, [0] 1 [0] [0])
(10, 1, 1, 0 0) (Total 134, 5 6 4 1) Moved
& carried that . be ordained Elder
Priest & Teacher
the above were then ordained under the hands of
Elders Woodruff & , one was Baptized
meeting adjourned untill 3 oclock
we met again again at 3 oclock Elder Richards
spoke I followed him, after meeting the Saints con-
tributed £1 pound to help me on my Journey home I
then took the parting hand with the Saints after selling
them 3 Books of Mormon & 50 Addressis to the
Citizens of the Books of mormon were
five shillings each & the Addresses one penny, which
came to about £1 in all I walked with Br to Br & spent the night this is
the first time I have seen Br Levi Richards for
about two years {Distance of the day} 5 miles
March 9, 1841 ~ Tuesday
9
th I walked in company with Elder &
to the city of Elder & others
had been Preaching in this town & the people were
much stired up. On Sunday a Preacher arose
before two or three thousand in the market house
& informed them that he had a fresh letter Direct from
America showing the origen of the Book of Mormon