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Day in the Life

Oct 28, 1837

Journal Entry

October 28, 1837 ~ Saturday

28th I took the parting hand with my friends & rode in company with
Mrs Woodruff to Portland, we dined with Mr Ezra Carter jr
We spent several hours visiting the city, we had a fair view of
Portland from the Observatory, we walked around the fort & through
the burying ground & in the courthouse. We visited Mr Samuel Hale
and spent the night with Ezra Carter jr Esq distance of the day 14 miles
^Purchased Journal Portland^

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Carter, Ezra, b. 1804
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
171 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1546 mentions
Family
Hale, Samuel
1771-1840
9 mentions

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Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
holding meetings among them, and on the I took leave of Father Carter and family, and in company with my wife rode to Portland, and spent the night with my broth- er-in-law, Ezra Carter.
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
remained in this part with the Saints preaching &c until the when I started to return to the Islands. In the interval brother Hale had left for Kirtland and this time my wife Phebe accompanied me After our journey and a stormy passage on the way I again was on the Islands of the sea with my wife where I found the Saints rejoicing in God and strong in the faith. We were welcomed by them with much joy and warmth of affection.
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
among them, and on the 28th of Octo- ber I took leave of Father Carter and and family, and in company with my wife rode to Portland, and spent the night with my brother-in-law, Ezra Carter. A severe storm arose, so we could not

Oct 28, 1837