July 23, 1842 ~ Saturday to July 27, 1842 ~ Wednesday

JULY 23^rd

The time had come when we were under the
necessitiy of having a new stock of paper & other
materials for the printing office & Book Binders
which could not be purchased short of St Leowis
& Joseph appointed me to go to St Leowis & purchase
the articles & as it fell to my lot to perform
the journey & business, I aranged my affairs
& on Saturday this 23^rd of July I went up to
the steeam Boat landing to watch for a Boat.
I stoped at Br L Wights which was near the landing
at which place I spent four days & nights
watching for a boat expecting one evry hour. about
noon on the 27^th a boat hove in sight which we
were truly glad to see it was the Galena we hailed &
she stoped & took three of us on board, viz Messrs
Ashton, Moulton, & myself. we found the boat
to be heavy loaded with led having 7000 pigs on board
& the water being low we soon saw we should have
a slow journey the boat crossed the river to Montrose
stoped & empted the boat of its load into lighters
& the hands had a tremendious fight while doing it
spent the night at Montrose

July 28, 1842 ~ Thursday

28^th Left Montrose & rode to Nashville this made
five days in sight of Nashvill Nauvoo after leaving
home we left Nashville & went over the rapids to
Keokurk 12 miles we run on to the rocks many times
& spent the day getting off

July 29, 1842 ~ Friday

29^th Friday left Keokurk rainy morning stoped
at warsaw. we past Tully run ton to a sand Bank
about dedrain & lay till morning

July 30, 1842 ~ Saturday

30^th Got of[f] the sand bank at 7 oclock passed Dedran
& Marion City run on to another sand bank which
hendered the boat 6 hours I took a severe
cold which settelled into the Billious fever &
I was exceding ill the remainder of the journey
we passed by Hannibal which looks like a flourishing
town we run onto another sand bar about dark

July 31, 1842 ~ Sunday

31^st Sunday we stoped at Louisiana for refreshments
passed by Knoxville & run on to a sand bar & lay all

July 23, 1842 ~ Saturday

JULY 23rd The time had come when we were under the necessity of having a new stock of paper & other materials for the printing office & book binders which could not be purchased short of St Lowis & Joseph appointed me to go to St Lowis & purchase the articles & as it fell to my lot to perform the journey & business. I aranged my affairs & on Saturday this 23rd of July I went up to the steam boat landing to watch for a boat, I stoped at Br L Wights which was near the landing at which place I spent four days & nights watching for a boat expecting one evry hour, about noon on the 27th a boat hove in sight which we were truly glad to see it was the Galena we hailed & she stoped & took three of us on board, viz Messrs Ashton, Moulton, & myself, we found the boat to be heavy loaded with led having 7,000 pigs on board & the water being low we soon saw we should have a slow journey the boat crossed the river to Montrose stoped & empted the boat of its load into lighters & the hands had a tremendious fight while doing it spent the night at Montrose

July 28, 1842 ~ Thursday

28th Left Montrose & rode to Nashville this made five days in sight of Nauvoo after leaving home we left Nashville & went over the rapids to Keokurk 12 miles we run on to the rocks many times & spent the day getting off

July 29, 1842 ~ Friday

29th Friday Left Keokurk rainy morning stoped at warsaw. we past Tully run on to a Sand Bank about dedrain & lay till morning

July 30, 1842 ~ Saturday

30th Got off the sand bank at 7 oclock passed Dedran & Marion City run on to another sand bank which hendered the boat 6 hours [FIGURE] I took a severe cold which settelled into the Billious fever & I was exceding ill the remainder of the journey we passed by Hannibal which looks like a flourishing town we run onto another sand bar about dark

July 31, 1842 ~ Sunday

31st Sunday we stoped at Louisiana for refreshments passed by Knoxville & run on to a sand bar & lay all