26th I took a walk with Br Daniel Bullard
through various parts of Nauvoo[FIGURE] I bought
a house & 1/4 acre of land of Br parsons & am to
pay him $100 dollars for it 20 in April I am to let
Br Bullard have the rent of the lot through the
season as he wishes to work on the Temple
I wrote a letter to Br Dwight Webster & mother wewsters ^Woodruff^
~ Sunday
30 Sunday I rode to Br John Benbow's on the prairie
6 miles from Nauvoo & preached at his house
& spent the night this was the first time I had been
to his house since my returne to Nauvoo I spent the
time vary plesantly while there his farm looked almost
like the garden of Eden I never had seen more
work done in one year on a prairie farm than on his
he had usurrounded it & crossed it with heavy ditches
& planted thorn hedges his dwelling, barns, sheds, garden
yards, orchards, &c waere all beautifully aranged
it much resembled some of the fairms of old England
it will be a plesant retreat for a summers ride
from Nauvoo the little Neighbourhood now consists
of five families from England all well united excepting Wm Benbow who has denyed the faith & is a family by
himself I spent the evening about conversing with the
Brethren 6 miles
~ Monday
31st I paid $200 dollars to Br John Benbow for presiden[t] Joseph Smith & endorsed it on his note I then left the
friends & rode to Br Pulsiphers dined at his house & returned to Nauvoo 6 miles
~ Sunday
23rd Sunday I preached at Joseph's the
Seers from the Book of mormon & was
much blessed in my mind
26th I took a walk with Br Daniel Bullard
through various parts of Nauvoo [FIGURE] I bought
a house & 1/4 acre of land of Br Parsons & am to
pay him $100 dollars for it 20 in April I am to let
Br Bullard have the rent of the lot through the
season as he wishes to work on the Temple
29 [FIGURE] I received a letter from Mother Woodruff
spoke of the Ill health of sister Eunice I
spent the evening at JosephStore [FIGURE]
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br Dwight Webster & mother Woodruff
~ Sunday
30 Sunday I rode to Br John Benbow's on the prairie
6 miles from Nauvoo & preached at his house
& spent the night this was the first time I had been
to his house since my return to Nauvoo I spent the
time vary plesantly while there his farm looked almost
like the garden of Eden I never had seen more
work done in one year on a prairie farm than on his
he had surrounded it & crossed it with heavy ditches
& planted thorn hedges his dwelling, barns, sheds, garden
yards, orchards, &c ware all beautifully aranged
it much resembled some of the fairms of old England
it will be a plesant retreat for a summers ride
from Nauvoo the little Neighbourhood now consists
of five families from England all well united excepting
Wm Benbow who has denyed the faith & is a family by
himself I spent the evening conversing with the
Brethren 6 miles
~ Monday
31st I paid $200 dollars to Br John Benbow for president
Joseph Smith & endorsed it on his note I then left the
friends & rode to Br Pulsiphers dined at his house & returned
to Nauvoo 6 miles
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," January 23, 1842 - January 31, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XQk