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Day in the Life

Feb 6, 1840

Journal Entry

February 06, 1840 ~ Thursday

Feb 6th I received a Letter from Elder Turley
[FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Elder Turley in an
swer to his, & walked to Tunstell & returned
to Hanly preached upon the Book of Mormon to 4 or
500 persons some of which were full of wrath, &
when I closed those that were angry because of the word
of God arose upon a Bench & began to reject my testi
mony & rave like madmen but I stood & gave answ
ered to their questions untill they were confounded I then
left the house while it was all in an uproar. I spent
the night at Brother Benbows {Distance of the day} 4 mi

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Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
138 mentions
Benbow, William
11 Feb 1803 - 19 Dec 1886
31 mentions
1840 British Convert

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Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

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1840
Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Feb 6, 1840