OFFICE OF
The First Presidency
of the
Church of Jesus Christ
of
Latter-day Saints

P. O. Box, B. Salt Lake City, Utah. [blank] 189_

untill the 13th of Jan., 1835, when I left Lyman
Wight's, in company with Harry Brown, to go on a
Mission to the Southern States. We passed through
Jackson Co.^unty^ Mo.^issouri^ and through Arkansas, and from
Little Rock to Memphis Memphis, Tennessee. I spent
2 two years in Tennessee & Kentucky. wWhile there
I was ordained to the office of an Elder & a Member
of the 2nd quorum of the seventies under the
Hands of David Patten. I ordained A. O. Smoot
to the office of an Elder in 1836, and he travelled
with me through Kentucky & Tennessee, and
accompanied me to Kirtland in the fall of 1836,
I organized 4 ^four^ Branches of the Church in Tennessee
& Kentucky. In 1837 I traveled through ^part of^ Canada,
New York, Mass^achusetts^, Conn^ecticut^, & Maine, ^and^ and ^Fox Island.^ During this mission
I baptized my Father & his household, including
a Methodist Class Leader I baptized seven
hundred ^persons^ & organized several 5 ^five^ Branches of the
Church one in Farmington & 4 in ^Connecticut,^ Maine ^&^ Fox Island.

OFFICE OF The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

P. O. Box, B. Salt Lake City, Utah. [blank] 189_

untill the 13th of Jan., 1835, when I left Lyman Wight's, in company with Harry Brown, to go on a Mission to the Southern States. We passed through Jackson Co.unty Missouri and through Arkansas, and from Little Rock to Memphis, Tennessee. I spent two years in Tennessee & Kentucky.While there I was ordained to the office of an Elder & a Member of the 2nd quorum of the seventies under the Hands of David Patten. I ordained A. O. Smoot to the office of an Elder in 1836, and he travelled with me through Kentucky & Tennessee, and accompanied me to Kirtland in the fall of 1836, I organized four Branches of the Church in Tennessee & Kentucky. In 1837 I traveled through part of Canada, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, & Maine, and Fox Island. During this mission I baptized my Father & his household, including a Methodist Class Leader I baptized seven hundred persons & organized five Branches of the Church in Connecticut, Maine & Fox Island.