January 23, 1842 ~ Sunday

23^rd Sunday I preached a[t] Joseph's the
Seers from the Book of mormon & was
much blessed in my mind

January 24, 1842 ~ Monday

24^th I spent the day visiting the sick

January 25, 1842 ~ Tuesday

25 I spent the day in the Nauvoo store

January 26, 1842 ~ Wednesday

26^th 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

January 27, 1842 ~ Thursday

27^th I spent the day with Br Kimball

January 28, 1842 ~ Friday

28 I spent the day in the store

January 29, 1842 ~ Saturday

29 [FIGURE] I received a letter from Mother Woodruff
spoke of the Ill health of sister Eunice I
spent the evening at Joseph Store [FIGURE]
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br Dwight Webster & mother wews Woodruff

January 30, 1842 ~ 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
W^m Benbow who has denyed the faith & is a family by
himself I spent the evening about conversing with the
Brethren 6 miles

January 31, 1842 ~ Monday

31^st 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