Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

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    & eunice & Sister Mary who started for home in Farmington I stayed & spent the night in symsbury & preached in the evening in the school house, to a small congregation who gave good attention Aunt Cossett & family & Bulah was present & seemed to enjoy themselves well... A sad accident happened to James Camp & wife in Farmington on Saturday the 2nd Aug ...
    Dates:
    September 7, 1843 September 8, 1843
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    E P Magin represented the Church in Gilsom N.H. containing members 42 among the No are two cousins of President Joseph Smith one the postmaster of the Place Elder Bryant represented the Georgetown Branch containing members 30 But not much of the spirit of gathering Elder E Snow remarked he did not wonder they had not the spirit of gathering when their Presiding Elder Nathaniel Holmes & his son Elder ...
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    carpet bag in the scrape, upon on my arival at Albany it seemed as though I should be torn in peaces by the carman and Irish runners all pulling and haulling. I spent the night at Holmes Temperance House near the rail road landing carmans fee 50 cts distance from Oswego to Albany 200 miles September 27, 1844 ~ Friday 27th Bill $1.50 ct two Tickets one to Boston $6. one to Russel $2.96 took cars and ...
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    September 27, 1844 September 28, 1844 September 29, 1844 September 30, 1844
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    October 5, 1844 ~ Saturday Oct 4 5th 1844 [FIGURE] I arose in the morning Light was the heavens adorning I spent a plasant hour beneath my fathers bower with my friends I bent my knees in prayer I pray for peace to abide forever there After praying for the last time in the circle of my fathers family I took the Parting hand with Father & Mother & Uncle Ozem Woodruff, left them in good health & spirits & again commenced my Journey I called upon Aunt
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    October 5, 1844
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    July 20, 1844 ~ Saturday 20th I left Boston in rail car to westfield & Buggy to Br Ashbel Dewey's on little River street expenses $3. spent the night with Br Deweys 120 m July 21, 1844 ~ Sunday 21. Sunday I Preached in the school house forenoon and afternoon, & broke bread unto the Saints they made me a contribution of $10 and Ashbel Dewey let me have $10 on Br Sparks Book account, which ...
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    July 20, 1844 July 21, 1844 July 22, 1844
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    July 23, 1844 ~ Tuesday 23rd Tuesday I took the parting hand with father and mother with great satisfaction a peculier charm was thrown around my soul as I left the threshhold of my fathers house, having the confidence that if I never see my father in the flesh again I shall meet him again ^in^ the first resurrection. I had a desire in my heart that all the ordinances of the fulness of the gospel might also be administered unto father ...
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    July 23, 1844 July 24, 1844 July 25, 1844 July 26, 1844
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    A synopsis of the travels and labours of W. Woodruff. In A.D. 1844 Travelled in the UNITED STATES And CANADA and visited the following towns and Cities Towns and Cities States Towns & Cities States Nauvoo Illinois Colebrook Conn Laharp [Illinois] Farmington [Conn] Monmouth [Illinois] Hartford [Conn] Princeton [Illinois] New Haven [Conn] Ottaway [Illinois]
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    me a present of a pencil & pocket Bible &c she was the ownly one of all her connextions who had embraced the gospel. She had a desire to come to Nauvoo & mingle with the saints Be baptized for her dead &c. Br Tucker helped me to carry my trunk to the depo. I Bought tickets in the first class cars to westfield which cost me $3.30. I parted with Br Tucker went into the cars & started we ...
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    September 24, 1843 September 25, 1843
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    business And it leaves Betsey alone so she desires to go to Calafornia with Father Woodruffs family that she may live with the saints March 12, 1846 ~ Thursday 12th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe And Dwight Webster requesting them not to Purchase waggons As I had bought 2 in the east I requested them to get some oxen [&] cows. I also wrote A long letter to Azmon And ...
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    March 12, 1846 March 13, 1846 March 14, 1846 March 15, 1846
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    Twelve. Almon Babit one of the Temple Trustees was present with us wishing some council in regard to the affairs of Nauvoo. He and square Picket brought a large number of exchange papers containing the news from various parts of the United States we herd ait rumoured that Br R Hedlock had borrowed $7000 dollars on the credit of the Church and fled to parts Unknown. many things were talked over during the council. I attended to the funeral serveces 8thof Br Ashbel Dewey who died yesterday morning ...
    Dates:
    October 8, 1846 October 9, 1846 October 10, 1846