entered into covenant to make our interests one as anciently. I in conformity to
^this^ covenant moved the next Feb to Kirtland into the house with Br Morley we
commenced our labors together in great peace and union, we ware soon joined by
eight other families our labors ware united both in farming and mechanism
all of which was prosecuted with great vigor we truly began to feel as if the
Millenium ^was^ close at hand every thing moved smothly on till about the first
of Nov about this time 5 families concluded to join us in the town of May-
field about seven miles up the river they each owning a good farm and
mills it was concluded best to establish a branch there accordingly I was
appointed to go and take the charge of the branch when I had my goods
about half loaded four men came along namely P. P. Pratt; O. Cowdry; P.
Whitmer; and Ziba, Peterson; and Brought with them the book of Mormon
which they wished to interduce to us. I desired them to hold on till I
got away as my business was of vital importance and I did not wish to
be troubled with romances nor idle speculators, but nothing daunted they
ware not to be put off, but ware as good natured as you please curiosity
got uppermost and I concluded to stop for a short time, we called a
meeting and one testified that he had seen Angels, and an other therat he
had seen the plates, and that they had seen miracles rought and that
the gifts was again in the church, the meeting became so interesting
that I did not get away till the sun was about an hour high at
night and it was dark before I arrived at my new home and I amused
myself by thinking that the trouble was over and that I should not
see them again for a long time supposeing they would start the
next morning for the western boundary of Missouri but in this
I was very much disappointed, but to discribe to you the scenes of the
next seven weeks one sceene of which would be as interesting as an
other would fill quite a large volume. I shall therefore content
myself by saying that they brought the Book of Mormon to
bear upon us and the whole of the common stock family was
baptized and dureing the seven weeks they tarried they succeeded in
buil[d]ing up a church of 130 members myself and family was baptized
by P. P. Pratt; on the 14^th of Nov 1830 in the shagreen river at Kirtland Ohio

entered into covenant to make our interests one as anciently. I in conformity to this covenant moved the next Feb to Kirtland into the house with Br Morley we commenced our labors together in great peace and union, we ware soon joined by eight other families our labors ware united both in farming and mechanism all of which was prosecuted with great vigor we truly began to feel as if the Millenium was close at hand every thing moved smothly on till about the first of Nov about this time 5 families concluded to join us in the town of Mayfield about seven miles up the river they each owning a good farm and mills it was concluded best to establish a branch there accordingly I was appointed to go and take the charge of the branch when I had my goods about half loaded four men came along namely P. P. Pratt; O. Cowdry; P. Whitmer; and Ziba, Peterson; and Brought with them the book of Mormon which they wished to interduce to us. I desired them to hold on till I got away as my business was of vital importance and I did not wish to be troubled with romances nor idle speculators, but nothing daunted they ware not to be put off, but ware as good natured as you please curiosity got uppermost and I concluded to stop for a short time, we called a meeting and one testified that he had seen Angels, and an other that he had seen the plates, and that they had seen miracles rought and that the gifts was again in the church, the meeting became so interesting that I did not get away till the sun was about an hour high at night and it was dark before I arrived at my new home and I amused myself by thinking that the trouble was over and that I should not see them again for a long time supposeing they would start the next morning for the western boundary of Missouri but in this I was very much disappointed, but to discribe to you the scenes of the next seven weeks one sceene of which would be as interesting as an other would fill quite a large volume. I shall therefore content myself by saying that they brought the Book of Mormon to bear upon us and the whole of the common stock family was baptized and dureing the seven weeks they tarried they succeeded in building up a church of 130 members myself and family was baptized by P. P. Pratt; on the 14th of Nov 1830 in the shagreen river at Kirtland Ohio