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Day in the Life

Sep 26, 1840

Journal Entry

September 26, 1840 ~ Saturday

26th I rode from Frooms Hill in the night in a horse
cart to Worcester 15 miles I there took coach & rode
40 miles to Wolverhampton, 8/. took Omnibus & rode
2 to railroad station /6 then took railroad & road
30 miles to Whitmore Station 7/ took Omnibus
& rode to Hanly 9 miles 2/ then took Gig & rode to
Burslem 2 miles 1/ Thus after constant travli
ng 18 hours 98 miles which cost 18/6 I was joyfully
received by the Saints in Burlsem, & on my
arival Sister Cordon put into my hands [FIGURE] a letter
from Elders Kimball & Smith in London which
was Interesting & allso 7, 8, & 9th Numbers of the
Times & Season from America which was a
feast to my soul indeed as it was the first No
of that paper I had seen for many months

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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
1 mention

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Sep 26, 1840