September 6, 1841 ~ Monday

Sept 6^th I took the steem boat Comet in
company with Elder^s Sparks & Hulse, & Mr
Bacheler & sailed to New York found
my family well went to a wedding with
Mrs Woodruff & saw Elder Foster solum-
nize the marriage cerimony returned
home & spent the night. distance 70 m[iles]

September 7, 1841 ~ Tuesday

7^th I recieved $2 dollars of Harmon Bayles for
the Zerehemla Standard to Be sent to Harmon Bayles
Seteauket Long Island, N. Y. Elder Foster
Paid me $47.25 for 20 Books of mormon
bound in calf $1.75 cts each, 6 Ditto sheep bound
1.25 each & 8 Millennial Stars $1.50 cts each I
allowed him $7.50 cts for selling the whole
amount was 5$54.50 deduct 7.50 leaves
$47.00 which was paid me by Elder Foster
which settles the above

September 8, 1841 ~ Wednesday

8^th Wars & rumours of wars earthquakes tempest
pestilence & great fires, connected with almost
evry kind of wickedness distress & destruction
is begining to be heard throught almost evry
land & nation

I had a busy day I bought 11 1/4 yards of
Broad cloth 1.75 per yard $30.95, 16 yards of
Sattonett 70 cts $11.20 Total $42.14
one Bunnet $4.50 one hat $3.50

September 9, 1841 ~ Thursday

9^th I recieved $40 dollars of Dr John M
Bernhisel for President Joseph Smith ^176 Hudson St^ also
Stephens travels in Central America
in 2 volums olso one letter. This is one of my
days of perplexity & confusion as I am to leave
the city to day & have as much business to attend
to in 6 hours as I ought to do in two days
it seems to be my lot thus far in life to be hurried
& crowded along as though I had but few mom-
ents to live. I spent the fore part of the day
in packing trunk's beds &c I lalso called upon RL R Foster

September 6, 1841 ~ Monday

Sept 6th I took the Steemboat Comet in company with Elders Sparks & Hulse, & Mr Bacheler & sailed to New York found my family well went to a wedding with Mrs Woodruff & saw Elder Foster sulumnize the marriage cerimony returned home & spent the night, distance 70 m

September 7, 1841 ~ Tuesday

7th I recieved $2 dollars of Harmon Bayles for the Zerehemla Standard to be sent to Harmon Bayles Seteauket Long Island, N.Y. Elder Foster Paid me $47.25 for 20 Books of mormon bound in calf $1.75 cts each. 6 Ditto sheep bound 1.25 each & 8 Millennial Stars $1.50 cts each I allowed him $7.50 cts for selling the whole amount was $54.50 deduct 7.50 leaves $47.00 which was paid me by Elder Foster which settles the above

September 8, 1841 ~ Wednesday

8th Wars & rumours of wars earthquakes tempest pestilence & great fires, connected with almost evry kind of wickedness distress & destruction is begining to be heard thrught almost evry land & nation I had a busy day I bought 11 1/4 yards of Broad Cloth 1.75 per yard $30.95. 16 yards of Sattonett 70 cts $11.20 Total $42.14 one Bonnet $4.50 one hat $3.50

September 9, 1841 ~ Thursday

9th I recieved $40 dollars of Dr John M Bernhisel for President Joseph Smith 176 Hudson St also Stephens travels in Central America in 2 volums olso one letter. This is one of my days of perplexity & confusion as I am to leave the city to day & have as much business to attend to in 6 hours as I ought to do in two days it seems to be my lot thus far in life to be hurried & crowded along as though I had but few moments to live. I spent the fore part of the day in packing trunk's beds &c I also called upon L R Foster