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Day in the Life

Mar 10, 1845

Journal Entry

March 10, 1845 ~ Monday

10th [FIGURE] I took a walk in the fore part
of the day through the city, visted the old
cock pit, whare Elders Kimball & Hyde had
Preached so much & Dr Richards we walked
up & down the river whare many hundreds
of the Saints had been baptized. I also viewed
the Place whare the Scotch made an attacked
upon the English at Preston, some of the
Scotch entered the town as far as the cock pit
but the most of them were slain in the valley
I saw their burial place there is now a groove [grove]
growing over their bodies this was in the year
AD 1745 Just one hundred years since

We returned to the town dined together
we then returned took the parting hand
with Elders Banks & Hardy & all the Saints
Elder Hardy has had the small pox of late
but is getting well over it. We rode to
Liverpool & I spent the night at home. 35 m[iles]
I lade hands upon 10 sick while in preston

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Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Banks, John
6 Feb 1806 - 15 Jun 1862
47 mentions
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
222 mentions
Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
670 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Preston, Lancashire, England

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Mar 10, 1845