& Sister and took stage for Hartford
with my wife and on my arrival at Hartford
not having money to pay the fare of both of us
I paid the fare of my wife to Rowley Mass where
there was a Branch of the Church presided over
by Br Nathaniel Holmes Father of Johnathan
& Milton Holmes and I journeyed on foot
the first day 52 miles the 2nd 48, & the third
day 302 mils and arrived at arrived at Rowley at 2 oclock
making 136 mils in a little over two days &
a half I spent eight days at New Rowley holding
meetings and visiting the Saints including the
Holmes family I left on the
and on the in company with my wife &
Elder Hale I visited my wifes Father family Ezra Carter in Scarboro Maine, it being
the first time I had ever seen any of her
relatives we were very kindly received. My wife
Phebe had been absent from her home about
& Sister and took stage for Hartford
with my wife and on my arrival at Hartford
not having money to pay the fare of both of us
I paid the fare of my wife to Rowley Mass where
there was a Branch of the Church presided over
by Br Nathaniel Holmes Father of Johnathan
& Milton Holmes and I journeyed on foot
the first day 52 miles the 2nd 48, & the third
day 32 mils and arrived arrived at Rowley at 2 oclock
making 136 mils in a little over two days &
a half I spent eight days at New Rowley holding
meetings and visiting the Saints including the
Holmes family I left on the
and on the in company with my wife &
Elder Hale I visited my wifes Father family
Ezra Carter in Scarboro Maine, it being
the first time I had ever seen any of her
relatives we were very kindly received. My wife
Phebe had been absent from her home
"Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1," p. 7, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 30, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/x849