January 1, 1840 ~ Wednesday

JAN 1^st 1840

I find myself in company with
Elder's John Taylor & Theodore Turley
on board of the packet ship Oxford of the
Black Bull line on our way from New york
to Liverpool to fulfill a commandment of god
in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nations
of Europe. We are in Long 42.40 We have a
vary rough sea, High winds blustering & cloudy.
I am about 1,900 miles from both Liverpool
& New york being in the centre of the Atlantic
as it is called 3800 miles from New york to
Liverpool. We Left New york dock on the 19^th
day of Dec 1839 & sailed on the 20^th So time rolls
along & waiteth for no man

January 2, 1840 ~ Thursday

2^nd The sun rose clear it was the first time we
had seen the sun for 5 days. We have a calm
this morning. There is a vessel in sight of us
the first one we have seen since we left N. Y.
it was astern of us. Elders Taylor, Turley, &
myself sat down upon the anchor & had a
crock of Buternuts

January 1, 1840 ~ Wednesday

I find myself in Company with Elder's John Taylor & Theadore Turley on board of the packet Ship Oxford of the Black Bull line on our way from New york to Liverpool to fulfill a commandment of god in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nations of Europe. We are in Long 42.40 We have a vary rough sea, High winds blustering & cloudy. I am about 1,900 miles from both Liverpool & New york being in the centre of the Atlantic as it is called 3800 miles from New york to Liverpool We Left New york dock on the 19th day of Dec 1839 & sailed on the 20th So time rolls along & waiteth for no man

January 2, 1840 ~ Thursday