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Part of Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)
Excerpt:true viz that if we did not build the temple & Nauvoo house it would proove the ruin of the place that if we did not build those buildings we might as well leave the place & that it was as necessary to build one as the other,,, & many other things were said much to the purpose February 22, 1843 ~ Wednesday to February 25, 1843 ~ Saturday 22, 23, 24, & 25 Was spent in the printing office February ...Dates:February 22, 1843 February 25, 1843 February 26, 1843 February 27, 1843 February 28, 1843 March 1, 1843 March 2, 1843 March 4, 1843 March 5, 1843 March 6, 1843 March 9, 1843 March 10, 1843 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)
Excerpt:January 1, 1845 ~ Wednesday JAN 1st 1845 This new years day finds me on board of the Packet Ship John R Skiddy in the british Channel beating against head wind trying to get to Liverpool. I am on a mission to England to take charge of the affairs both temporal & spiritual concerns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am accompanied by Mrs Woodruff, & our youngest child Susan ...Dates:January 1, 1845 January 2, 1845 January 3, 1845 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)
Excerpt:January 16, 1845 ~ Thursday 16th This was a vary busy day, in getting the saints on board of the ship Palmyra I had an interview with Elder W. Benson who had been a member of the Policee in London for 4 years he started with his family for Nauvoo with the rest of the saints the Palmyra drew out into the river in the evening with 100 saints to start for New Orleans fare for each ...Dates:January 16, 1845 January 18, 1845 January 19, 1845 January 17, 1854 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)
Excerpt:town. Their was a London Merchant present that had been rich & honorable but through the hard times was reduced to beggarly & had but 12 1/2 penny to carry him 100 miles great Distress is beginning to come upon the Land. We spent the night at the house of Widow Gilberts. Distance of the day 10 m Lord Melbourn, & Marquiss of Landsdown. is about to resign their seat in Parliment because they cannot make out the money they wish ...Dates:February 18, 1840 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)
Excerpt:January 28, 1844 ~ Sunday JAN 28th 1845 1844 SUNDAY This was quite a remarkable day to me & my family in some respects weather vary cold Thermometer 15 degrees below zero, I commenced in the morning to prepare to devote the day to write my friend it being vary cold I set a pot of chaircoal in the bedroom to warm it, I shaved, washed & changed my cloths, Phebe done the same ie change her clothing & while we were their the ...Dates:January 28, 1844 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)
Excerpt:In the evening of this day [FIGURE] the quorum met at Joseph store. Brothers Wm W Clayton & Joseph Young met with them but I was not present. Elder Kington came after me with a waggon to go to his house & hold a meeting so I took my family & rode 6 miles across the prarie in the storm & spent the night at his house. Joseph Young & wife & Wm Clayton Received their endowments &c 6 ...Dates:February 4, 1844 February 5, 1844 February 6, 1844 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)
Excerpt:up his abode their whare he is made comfortable by the kind treatment of sister Shelden who is a worthy sister indeed February 18, 1845 ~ Tuesday 18th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder H. Clark I spent the fore part of the day at Br Sheldens. I visited Mr Thomas Holbrook at 37 Oxford Street Manchester his Lady is a saint at heart. ** In the afternoon in company with EldersDates:February 18, 1845 February 19, 1845 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)
Excerpt:of about 7000 inhabitants & a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of 37 members. We called upon Elder Thomas Cordingly & his family who had the care of Elder Barnes through his sickness & death, they Pointed out the house & room to me whare he was sick spent his last hours, passed through his last sickness afflictions & Death. After getting some refreshment we walked to the Church yard & I gazed upon the silent grave ... -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)
Excerpt:I bowed my knees upon this sacred grave & plucked some pebbles in memory of his worth. I thought of his [FIGURE] Lover, his Mother, his Father, his kindred & the saints for they all loved him, & would have thought it a privilege blessing to have been permitted to have droped a silent tear upon his lonely bed. O Lorenzo thou has fallen, in thy youth as it were A marter for the truth, in a foreign land ... -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)
Excerpt:Americans Retreated & a part of them surren- dered it was near Chadds ford saw whare Gen Washington led away the remainder of the army August 16, 1843 ~ Wednesday 16th In company with Elder Moore I rode to Br John Neff's in Strasburgh Lancaster Co Pa & spent the night with him found him strong in the faith & manifested a disposition to do the will of God to sell his property & go toDates:August 16, 1843 August 17, 1843 August 18, 1843 August 19, 1843