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We Baptized one in the evening. I perused the London
Weekly Dispatch, which gave an account of the wreck
of the Packer Ship Garrick of Sandy Hook. Elders
& , crossed the twice in her
when they first came to & returned, her tonage
was 1010, was a new ship, the paper also spoak of
the bad state of affairs in America esspecially in the
money market, the Banks being rotten at the core
February 7, 1841 ~ Sunday
7th This was an interesting day on some accounts
we spent the forenoon by going to the bath & we Baptized
Mrs Elder baptized
Her, & I never saw a person Baptized in tha[t] did
my soul more good than to see her go forward in the
ordinance of Baptism. She was the Daughter of of . She had an Italian for a
who was a vary Jealous man & an unbeliever
in the Bible or any of the word of God, & he would
not grant her any religious privliges but she had a little
leasure time came three miles this cold morning to
be Baptized, after we Baptized her we lade hands
upon her & confirmed & Blessed her, & also the
Sister we Baptized last evening. Sister Susanna
returned home rejoiceing in the Lord with her
whole heart.
We Dined at Br , had for
our Dinner a nice hare Pie it being the first English
hare I have eat, though I have freequently Dined upon
a rabbit.
We met with the Saints in the Afternoon
& communed with the Saints had a good time &
full house, Elder Kimball also preached in the eveni-
ng & I followed him the Lord was with us the house
was full & good attention we spent the day plesantly
BOOK OF MORMON ENTERED
^But the gentile omited his duty^
February 8, 1841 ~ Monday
8 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder we received
a package of 20 of the New Books of Mormon & two dozen
Hymn Books. I wrote & Willford Woodruff
names in sum Books for & Sister , Elder
Kimball & myself then walked to
113 Aldersgate Street City. here a young man
offered Himself for Baptism. We then walked to the
Stationers Hall & secured the coppy wright of the
Book of Mormon in the name of
we left five copies of the Book & paid three shillings
we returned Home & visited a poor woman who
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"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," February 7, 1841 - February 8, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed June 2, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/xln