19th I crossed the river to Montrose And
Had An interview with A company of Saints
from Pennsylvania among whom was Br Luts Joseph Sidwell Brother Malin & others
Br Sidwell let Br Hyde have $700 dollars
for the camp $100 for Himself & $100
for me I again returned to Nauvoo
aranged some business saw Mother Woodruff Dwight & Eunice Mother Smith & others
together they were some of them Advocating
the cause of Strang some unplesant
feelings were manifest upon the subject
I parted with Dwight & Eunice perhaps
for the last time & again crossed the river
And rode to the camp distance 20 mile
~ Wednesday
20 I rode to Montrose to get my goods I had
to pay $60 on the flouring patent mill
& $10 freightage total $70. I returned to
the camp & spent the night 10 m[iles]
~ Thursday
[FIGURE] 21 I spent the day in camp we had a
rainy night & many things wet
~ Friday
[FIGURE] 22nd We spent the day in going to Montrose
And Nauvoo I spent several hours in
Nauvoo had An interview with Mrs Woodruff
& other friends I Left Nauvoo for the last
time perhaps in this life I looked upon the Temple & City of Nauvoo As I retired from
it & felt to ask the Lord to preserve it
As A monument of the sacrifice of his
Saints I returned to the camp & spent
the night 10 mi
~ Tuesday
19th I crossed the river to Montrose And
Had An interview with A company of Saints
from Pennsylvania among whom was Br Luts
Joseph Sidwell Brother Malin & others
Br Sidwell let Br Hyde have $700 dollars
for the camp $100 for Himself & $100
for me I again returned to Nauvoo
aranged some business saw Mother WoodruffDwight & Eunice Mother Smith & others
together they were some of them Advocating
the cause of Strang some unplesant
feelings were manifest upon the subject
I parted with Dwight & Eunice perhaps
for the last time & again crossed the river
And rode to the camp distance 20 mile
~ Wednesday
20 I rode to Montrose to get my goods I had
to pay $60 on the flouring patent mill
& $10 freightage total $70. I returned to
the camp & spent the night 10 m
~ Thursday
[FIGURE] 21 I spent the day in camp we had a
rainy night & many things wet
~ Friday
[FIGURE] 22nd We spent the day in going to Montrose
And Nauvoo I spent several hours in
Nauvoo had An interview with Mrs Woodruff
& other friends. I Left Nauvoo for the last
time perhaps in this life I looked upon the
Temple & City of Nauvoo As I retired from
it & felt to ask the Lord to preserve it
As A monument of the sacrifice of his
saints I returned to the camp & spent
the night 10 mi
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," May 19, 1846 - May 22, 1846, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 3, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/gJ6l