& the love of Christ we returned with Brother Foster & spent the night. Mr Willcox of the city of Phelidelphia offers to open his doors for the saints & wishes them to come & warn that people also. Elder Eligah Fordham resides in New York City Cherry Street No 327 May 21, 1838 ~ Monday May 21st I wrote a letter to the saints upon the Islands directed to Brother Nathaniel Thomas we dined with Brother

one year ago this morning I left Kirtland in company with Elder Hale to go to the Islands of the sea the Lord hath prospered our way & blessed be his name. Whare will another May day find me O, LORD thou knowest. After being refreshed by the breeze I drew my pen & wrote these lines & then returned to E. Elstons house & felt refreshed by our morning's walk. We dined at Mr Elstons & walked to Westtown & appointed a meeting ...

June 7, 1838 ~ Thursday June 7th Spent the day in Westtown I took the parting hand with John Aber & his family & sister More in the evening & spent the night with Mr Clark June 8, 1838 ~ Friday 8 We left Mr Clarks in Westtown & walked to Philips Mills from thence to Newburg here I took the parting hand with Elder Ball he took the ...

Farmington June 26th 1838 Dear Brother I have passed through such a variety of scenes, time, places, change, events, & experience since I last wrote, & my mind is now impressed with so much I wish to communicate that I hardly know whare to begin, or what to say. As I sat down to write in company with Mother, Sister Eunice, & Aunt Cossett. by the N.W. window of our kitchen a little putty [pretty] bird came & lit on the window ...

a season in teaching them the things of God. I then went with Elder Ball to his mother's house where we spent the night. This ended a day of variety crowded with incidents. I had also walked 25 miles during the day. I spent several days in Boston comforting the little Church there most of whom were sisters. We left on the 14th and travelled to Deacon John Haven's on the edge of Holliston. Here we found sister Rockwood. I ...

preparing to take the place of his parents in the rising generation. This brought fresh to mind the days of my youth. We next passed the farmhouse the dairy of which was so large that it required a horse mill to churn the butter. The horse was upon the wheel churning as we passed along. After walking a distance in the State we took a by path and struck up a high hill. The road was strewed with a great variety of flowers. The top of the hill was soon reached where we had a beautiful view of the surrounding ...