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Day in the Life

May 14, 1839

Journal Entry

May 14, 1839 ~ Tuesday

13th & 14th I spent in preparing myself to move to Commerce or Montrose in the Ioway Teritory. I [FIGURE] wrote a
Letter to Elder Milton Holmes by the direcction of the Twelve informing him of his appointment to England

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Commerce, Hancock County, Illinois
England
Iowa Territory
Montrose, Lee County, Iowa Territory

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April 6, 1839
Church leaders escape while being transported for trial with the help of their guards; Church members move to Commerce, Illinois and establish Nauvoo.
May 4, 1839
Wilford receives the official call to serve his third mission.

May 14, 1839