when the meeting was closed, after shaking hand
with many friends, and taking many letters to convey
to England, I returned to my family all our children
were at home. Br & Sister Benbow was present
27th This was an exeeding busy and laborious
day with me. It was the last day that I or my family
shall spend in Nauvoo for many days. I have
left my family and friends almost yearly to go
on missions in the vineyard of the Lord, for the
last ten years of my life, but have never attempted
to take my family with me before for the purpose
of accompaning me on a mission, but as I am now
about to leave my own country to again visit foreign
climes to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ & take
care of the Churches which will probably be a
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," August 26, 1844 - August 27, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 1, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/86o
