in the after part of the day I walked
a mile north to preach a funeral sermon
but when I arived preaching was omitted
as their was no more than time to
bury the dead
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
17, 18, 19, 20 21 & 22 Was spent in the printing office abot my daily labour
as usual
~ Sunday
23rd Sunday I spent in transacting
some business of importance in behalf of Keokuck with Mr Ramek
~ Monday
24th We had a fire in the upper part
of the printing office this morning & we
came near burning down one minute
delay more & we should not have saved
the building
~ Tuesday
25 I went out to John Benbows to
get our son Wilford Owen he had been
choked near three days & had not
swallowed any thing during the time. when
we got there he had got relieved & could
swallow we brought him home. distance 12 [miles]
30th[FIGURE] For the first time the Saints
of God had the privilege of meeting in
the Temple of the Lord in Nauvoo A
temporary floor was laid within the
unfinished walls which & seats prepard
which would seat about 3000 persons &
the room was crouded & the walls coverd Joseph the Seer had returned to the city
of Nauvoo & was expected to preach to the
people but ill health & other things prevented
in the after part of the day I walked
a mile north to preach a funeral sermon
but when I arived preaching was omitted
as their was no more than time to
bury the dead
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
17, 18, 19, 20 21 & 22 Was spent in the
printing office abot my daily labour
as usual
~ Sunday
23rd Sunday I spent in transacting
some business of importance in behalf of
Keokuck with Mr Ramek
~ Monday
24th We had a fire in the upper part
of the printing Office this morning & we
came near burning down one minute
delay more & we should not have saved
the building
~ Tuesday
25 I went out to John Benbows to
get our son Wilford Owen he had been
choked near three days & had not
swallowed any thing during the time when
we got there he had got relieved & could
swallow we brought him home, distance 12
30th [FIGURE] For the first time the Saints
of God had the privilege of meeting in
the Temple of the Lord in Nauvoo. A
temporary floor was laid within the
unfinished walls & seats prepared
which would seat about 3,000 persons &
the room was crouded & the walls coverd
Joseph the Seer had returned to the City
of Nauvoo & was expected to preach to the
people but ill health & other things prevented
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," October 16, 1842 - October 30, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/gDr