of doing any bisiness untill Sep 2nd from this time to Jan 7th 1841 I confined
myself to preaching in, and around , built up a branch of between
60 and 70 members in that place, and had equal success in the regions around
there. On the above date I started to visit the with a view of
going to But appointed me one of the committee to build the , and advised me to preach in till the Apr conference. We had a
glor^i^ous conference. And from that time to the 27th of May I built a boat
and furnished the Nauvoo house with 500 bushels of meal, and 35 barels of
flour deliverd in . And on that day started to the southern part
of , traveled through all the churches from to Nauvoo where
I arrived on the 17th of July with 70 head of cattle, $200 in noney and sold
several shares for other property. from this to the 19th I ^was^ busilyy in fixing for the
Nauvoo house. On which day (without visiting my family) I started again and
traveled extensively through all the different branches and returned to
Nauvoo Sep 2nd with 60, or 70 head of horses and cattle and much other prop-
erty for building the Nauvoo house. And $85 in money for the . From
this to the 15th I was buissily engaged in making preperations ^for^ of an other
journey, on which I started on the above date and vis^ited^ the branches for about
100 miles and returned home to Nauvoo. (I had previously moved my family to
Nauvoo) on the 30th of Sep. From this to the 2nd of Jan 1841, my time was
wholly taken up in my temperal affairs and business for the Nauvoo
house. On this date I started on a tour through Ill, KY, , ,
and , to . And after traveling through these states receiving
many donations, and selling many shares in the Nauvoo house, I left N[ew] O[rleans]
March 15 with 47,500 lbs of sugar & molasses,^and 10 sacks of coffee^ a small quantity of dry goods
and 100 mormon passengers, and landed all in Nauvoo on the 27th in good
order. From this time to the 22 May I was busy almotst day and night
in the affairs of the Nauvoo house. On which day I started for the south
again after visiting all the branches in Ill, I landed in Tenn the 8th of June
There in company with Br I traveled and preach much,
baptized many, organized many churches, and after a tedious mission
returned home Aug 2nd. And was busy in my domestic affairs and in
of doing any bisiness untill Sep 2nd from this time to Jan 7th 1841 I confined
myself to preaching in, and around , built up a branch of between
60 and 70 members in that place, and had equal success in the regions around
there. On the above date I started to visit the with a view of
going to But appointed me one of the committee to build the , and advised me to preach in till the Apr conference. We had a
glorious conference. And from that time to the 27th of May I built a boat
and furnished the Nauvoo house with 500 bushels of meal, and 35 barels of
flour deliverd in . And on that day started to the southern part
of , traveled through all the churches from to Nauvoo where
I arrived on the 17th of July with 70 head of cattle, $200 in noney and sold
several shares for other property. from this to the 19th I was busy in fixing for the
Nauvoo house. On which day (without visiting my family) I started again and
traveled extensively through all the different branches and returned to
Nauvoo Sep 2nd with 60, or 70 head of horses and cattle and much other property for building the Nauvoo house. And $85 in money for the . From
this to the 15th I was busily engaged in making preperations for of an other
journey, on which I started on the above date and visited the branches for about
100 miles and returned home to Nauvoo. (I had previously moved my family to
Nauvoo) on the 30th of Sep. From this to the 2nd of Jan 1841, my time was
wholly taken up in my temperal affairs and business for the Nauvoo
house. On this date I started on a tour through Ill, KY, , ,
and , to . And after traveling through these states receiving
many donations, and selling many shares in the Nauvoo house, I left New Orleans
March 15 with 47,500 lbs of sugar & molasses,and 10 sacks of coffee a small quantity of dry goods
and 100 mormon passengers, and landed all in Nauvoo on the 27th in good
order. From this time to the 22 May I was busy almost day and night
in the affairs of the Nauvoo house. On which day I started for the south
again after visiting all the branches in Ill, I landed in Tenn the 8th of June
There in company with Br I traveled and preach much,
baptized many, organized many churches, and after a tedious mission
returned home Aug 2nd. And was busy in my domestic affairs and in