& a dress Black, coat & summer Pantaloons
& waistcoat, I visited the Agents of the
ship which we were going on with Elder Taylor & we detained the ship one day
on our account, this company will do all
they can to favor us for it is for their
interest as we have already given them many
passengers & shall probably many more
they give us with all our company the second
cabin & do of a seperate room for our
quorum the fare of each person is £3.15
& our quorum half price, their is a great
difference between our landing as we
did in Liverpool on the 11th of Jan 1840
as a stranger in a strange land & peneless
& our setting sail on the 20 of April 1841
with a ship load of Saints & all that we
need of this worlds goods to make us comfo-
rtable, & having an influence sufficient
to detain a ship a day or two on our account
truly the lord hath blessed us in a manner
not looked for it hath truly been a miricle
what God hath wrought by our hands in
this land since we have been here & I am
asstonished when I look at it for during
our stay here we have esstablished church
es in all the most noted cities & towns in
this Kingdom have Baptized more than 5000
souls printed 5000 Books of mormon 3000
Hymn Books 2,500 Volumes of the Millennial
Star & about 50,000 tracts, & gatherd to
the land of Joseph 1,000 souls & esstablished a
great influence among those that trade in ships
at sea & lacked for nothing to eat drink or
ware truly the Lord hath been good
17th I bought a pair of Wellington Boots at
£0.18 shillings spent the day in running to & fro
trrough the city assisting the Saints I walked
4 miles in the evening on the sea shore with a
company of Saints & Baptized 2 persons one
was Sister Elizabeth Ockey sister to Edward
& a dress black, coat & summer Pantaloons
& waistcoat, I visited the agents of the
ship which we were going on with Elder
Taylor & we detained the ship one day
on our account, this company will do all
they can to favor us for it is for their
interest as we have already given them many
passengers & shall probably many more
they give us with all our company the second
cabin & do of a seperate room for our
quorum the fare of each person is £3.15
& our quorum half price, their is a great
difference between our landing as we
did in Liverpool on the 11th of Jan 1840
as a stranger in a strange land & peneless
& our setting sail on the 20 of April 1841
with a ship load of Saints & all that we
need of this worlds goods to make us comfortable, & having an influence sufficient
to detain a ship a day or two on our account
truly the lord hath blessed us in a manner
not looked for it hath truly been a miricle
what God hath wrought by our hands in
this land since we have been here & I am
asstonished when I look at it for during
our stay here we have esstablished church
es in all the most noted cities & towns in
this Kingdom have baptized more than 5,000
souls Printed 5,000 Books of mormon 3,000
Hymn Books 2,500 Volumes of the Millennial
Star & about 50,000 tracts, & gatherd to
the land of Joseph 1,000 souls & esstablished a
great influence among those that trade in ships
at sea & lacked for nothing to eat drink or
ware truly the Lord hath been good
17th I bought a pair of Wellington Boots at
£0.18 shillings spent the day in running to & fro
trrough the city assisting the Saints I walked
4 miles in the evening on the sea shore with a
company of Saints & Baptized 2 persons one
was Sister Elizabeth Ockey sister to Edward
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," April 16, 1841 - April 17, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 3, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/rkE
