November 25, 1836 ~ Friday Nov 25th Took the parting hand with Elder Sherwood I then set out in company with Elder S^m^oot on foot in a hard snowstorm for Kirtland We came in sight of the Temple of the Lord before we reached the village & I truly felt to rejoice at the sight as it was the first time that mine eyes ever beheld the house of the Lord built by commandment & Revelation We soon entered the village & I spent one of ...

Cincinnati is much of a place of business I sayw while there the Dead & wounded taken from the Flora caused by the bursting of the connecting pipes I took water at Cincinnati for Wellsville rising of 400 miles I also passed another boat that had run against a snag store her hull & sunk at Wellsville I took the stage to Kirtland 90 miles & whene I arived at Kirtland I was almost asstonished I at the alteration in the place since I was there in May 1834 for ...