Arkansas Territory

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Excerpt:April 27, 1835 ~ Monday 27th Aprail Baptized one. Left Chalk Level for Brother Freys [at] Eagle Creek Hy. Co Distance 10 miles April 28, 1835 ~ Tuesday 28th Preached at Ea[gle] Creek visited the sick & prayed with them travled 4 miles April 29, 1835 ~ Wednesday 29th Spent the day at Brother Frey in writing wrote one letter to the Saints in Zion. Also to the Saints in theDates:April 27, 1835 April 28, 1835 April 29, 1835 April 30, 1835 May 1, 1835 May 2, 1835 May 3, 1835 May 4, 1835 May 5, 1835 May 6, 1835 May 7, 1835 May 8, 1835 May 9, 1835 May 10, 1835
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Excerpt:The following is an account of my travels and proc^e^edings while Officiateing in the Office of a Priest From the 13th of Jan to the 28th of June of 1835 I travled 1808 one thousand eight hundred & eight miles to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Divided thus 212 miles in Missouri with Elder H Brown 656 miles in Arkansas Territory 608 with Elder H Brown & 48 alone 940 miles in Tennessee & KY 760 miles with Elder
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Excerpt:January 7, 1837 ~ Saturday Jan 6 [7]. Wrote a Letter to Brother Asahel H Woodruff January 8, 1837 ~ Sunday 8. Sunday went up to the house of the Lord to worship we had an interesting meeting. their was about fifteen hundred people assembled their was two discourses deliver'd from the Aaronic Priesthood one from coun cellor Knight & the other from Priest Willey Priest Willey had much of the spirit of ...Dates:January 7, 1837 January 8, 1837 January 10, 1837 January 11, 1837 January 12, 1837 January 14, 1837 January 15, 1837
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Excerpt:January 28, 1835 ~ Wednesday Jan 28th Left ESq Vaughn and travled out of the State of Mo into the Arkansas Territory to Mr Andrew Nail was kindly receieved by him this was in Washington Co. at the head of the Illonois being 24 miles January 29, 1835 ~ Thursday 29th Remained with Nail through the day in consequence of a hard storm January 30, 1835 ~ Friday 30th Left ...Dates:January 28, 1835 January 29, 1835 January 30, 1835 January 31, 1835 February 1, 1835 February 2, 1835
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Excerpt:On the night of the last day of Dec & of the year of our Lord 1835. I Perused my Journals & found it to contain the following account of my travels & Procedings in the year of 1835. commencing the 13th of Jan. 1835 making one year 12 days excepted 1st Travled three thousand two hundred & forty eight miles ^3248 miles^ divided in the following manner From 13th of Jany to the 28. of June travled 1808 miles While holding the office of A Priest 212 miles in Missouri with Elder
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Excerpt:5th I Procured seventy three signers to the Petition to the Governor of Missouri for redress of Wrongs done the Church by the Jackson County mob 10 in Missouri 56 in the Arkansas & 7. in Tenn' While A Priest. 73. {signeders} 6th I Wrote eighteen Letters 8 while A Priest 10 while an Elder & receieved 10. 18 Letters 7th I ordained two Teachers & one deacon 3. Ordained 8th I expeled ...
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Excerpt:REFUSED FOOD AND SHELTER. In some instances the Lord preserved us, as it were by miracle, from the mob. We dared not go to houses and get food, so we picked and ate raw corn, and slept on the ground, and did any way we could until we got out of the County. We dared not preach while in that County, and we did but little preaching in the State of Missouri. The first time I attempted to preach was on Sunday, in a tavern, in ...
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Excerpt:JOURNEY TO AKEMAN'S. CHAPTER V. OUR ANXIETY TO MEET A SAINT—JOURNEY TO AKEMAN'S— A DREAM—FIND MR. AKEMAN A RANK APOSTATE—HE RAISES A MOB—THREATENED WITH TAR, FEATHERS, ETC.—I WARN MR. AKEMAN TO REPENT—HE FALLS DEAD AT MY FEET—I PREACH HIS FUNERAL SERMON. IN the early days of the Church, it was a great treat to an Elder in his travels through the country to find a "Mor- mon;" it was so with us. We were hardly in Arkansas when we heard of a family named ...
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Excerpt:LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. We traveled about fifty miles that day, and at night stopped at an old tavern, in a village called Cadron, which was deserted because it was believed to be haunted by evil spirits. We made a fire in the tavern, roasted a piece of our pork, ate our supper, said our prayers, went into a chamber, lay down on the bare floor, and were soon asleep. I dreamed I was at my father's house in a good feather bed, and I ...Dates:March 24, 1835 March 27, 1835
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Excerpt:CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Strictness of the "Blue Laws” of Connecticut—The Old Prophet Mason—His Vision—His Prophecy—Hear the Gospel, and Embrace it—Visit Kirtland, and see Joseph Smith—A Work for the Old Prophet. Page 1. CHAPTER II. Preparing to go up to Zion—First Meeting with President Young—Camp of Zion Starts—Numbers Magnified in the Eyes of Beholders—Remarkable Deliverance—Selfishness, and its Reward. Page 4. CHAPTER III. Advised to Remain in Missouri—A Desire to Preach—Pray to ...