On the 31 which ^w^as the last day of Dec & of the year 1833 I Joined the Church of Latter Day Saints was Baptized by Elder Zerah Pulsifer on the 31 of Dec 1833 in company with with my Brother Azmon Woodruff we were the two first that was baptized by a latter day saint in Oswego Co NY. I was ordained a Teacher by Elder Pulsifer Jan 2nd 1834 Travled while A Teacher from the 11th of Aprail to 25^th^ of June 1834. — — 1238 ...

of the church in Quincy voted that Elder Jonathan Dunham be reproved for calling a conference in Springfield but more esspecially for cherishing & fellowshiping that wrong spirit of Brewsters they also voted that that Elder Dunham make confession & satisfaction to the church in Springfield before he procede on his Journey. The council then adjourned untill early candle light at which time they met & continued untill midnight & then adjourned. I returned to Br Hales & spent the night March 18 ...

May 1834 Again took up our march towards Zion we continued to travel untill we had arived within a few miles of Liberty Clay County Missouri here we pitched our tents and remained quite a number of days on account of the great excitement which prevailed in consequence of false reports which were abroad in the land respecting us. The ma jority of the people or public opinion were against us and even their were about seventy men mounted on horseback with firearms gathered together for the intention of comeing against our

May 1834 Men of other Counties called at our camp to enquire into our motives and after a fair investigation of the subject they manifested to us that they were satisfied that we had no evil designs or intentions in our move ments or procedings. We remained in this situation visited daily by both friend and foes untill the High Priests held a council and there was a Revelation given concerning us. By this time the excite ment had in a great measure ceased and the Lord had granted us favour in ...

The principal towns villages and distance from Richland, N Y. to Kirtland Ohio and to Liberty Clay Co Missouri which road I traveled in 1834 comme nsing the 11th day of Aprail From Richland = to Oswego 20 miles = Oswego to Rochester 70 = Rochester = Leroy 25 = Leroy = Batavia 10 = Batavia to Buffalo 39 from Buffalo to Cataragua 30 = Cataragua = Freedona ...

= From Belfontain to Urbanna = 18 = Urbanna = Springfield— 14 = Springfield = Dayton— 25 = Dayton = Eaton— 25 = Eaton = Richmond— 16 = Richmond = Centerville = 6 = Centerville = Dublin— 12 = Dublin = Raysville— 18 = Raysville Greensville = 14 = Greensville = Indianapolis— 18 = Indianapolis = Greencastle = 40 = Greencastle =

Jan 13th 1835 I have now arranged my business and are prepared to go forth into the world to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and on this 13th day of Jan I receieved a recommend which reads as follows. Liberty Clay Co. Ma. January the 13 1835. This Certifies that Willford Woodruff has faithfully discharged evry duty required of him in the Camp of the Saints in Journ[ey]ing from Kirtland to this place has been very faithful in the discharge of his duty Since his Arrival here Both ...

Jan 13th 1835 On the 13th of Jan 1835 I left Brother Lyman Wights in company with my Beloved Brother Henry Brown to go forth to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ without purse or scrip to the people in the South. May God grant us wisdom and make us meet for our Masters use and assist us to rightly divide the word of truth and render to evry man their portion of meet in due season that our garments may be clean of the Blood of this generation ...

You remarked that if you was expecting A letter from Brother Azmon I should be pleased to have you write to me from time to time while I ame here & should you do so give me the news from Brother Azmon & his family & our Parents or any other friends that you should hear from. I have not herd from Brother Azmon (except a few words from Mother) since I left Liberty, Mo. Brother Azmon has much changed his religious principles since I saw & left him what ...

in such circumstances so as not to injur each other. We traveled acrast the prairie, and encamped in a strip of timber, where we stopped to dine. I wrote a letter to the brotherin in Missouri (dated camp of Israel) requesting some of them to meet us as soon possiable, and give us information of the state of things in upper Missouri; and sent the letter to Springfield Post-Office, by Dr Willams. At this place I discovered that part of my company had been served with ...