History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]

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History draft; handwriting of
Willard Richards
24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...
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; 71 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 6 August 1838 to 30 December 1839.
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where we spent the remai[n]ders of the day. & also <17> Monday 17[th].

arrived at .

<17> Monday 17 arriv[e]d at .

I staid [stayed] at this day, and my bro came in. I had snt [not?] seen him before since my delive[ran]ce form [from] prisson.— return[e]d to .

18 June 1839 • Tuesday

<18> Tuesday 18,[th] I went to the house of a man by the name of Matthws, du[r]ing the eveni[n]g the neighbors & I gave them a short discourse.

20 June 1839 • Thursday

<20> Thusday 20, visited at ’s from there we were invited to visit at bro Vance’s, which we did, & there gave to the brethr[e]n & fri[e]nds of th[e] neighborhood a brief history of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

22 June 1839 • Saturday

<22.> Saturday 22d. We retund [returned] to place.

23 June 1839 • Sunday

<23> Sunday 23. Went to & prea[c]hed to a very crowded congregation. & so eager were they to hear that a part of them stood out in the rain during the sermon. I[n] general, they express[e]d good satisfaction as to what they had heard.

24 June 1839 • Monday

<24> Monday 24[th] We started for home, and went to , near . in Hancock Co. where th[e]y insisted we should tarry.— and we complied.

This day the purchased the town of , in Lee Co. I. T. [Iowa Territory] togethr with 20,000 acres of Land, adgoiny <adgacent> <to> it.

25 June 1839 • Tuesday

<25> Tuesdy 25, We held a meeting. to at which I spoke with considerable liberty. to a large congregation

26 June 1839 • Wednesday

<Joseph. returns home> <26> Wednesday 26. I arrived safely at home with m with family retured. to our home at .

27 June 1839 • Thursday

< restored> <27> Thurday 27. O (L. 50.) J S.— I attended a of the , at which time Bro made his confession, and was restored to the again.

28 June 1839 • Friday

<28> Friday 28[th] I was transacting business of various kinds, coun[s]elling consulting the brethers &c, &c.—

29 June 1839 • Saturday

<29> Satudy I was mostly at home.

30 June 1839 • Sunday

<30. Sunday 30th. I attended meeting at ’s. There was a crowd[e]d audience & I bore tistinoy [testimony] concerni[n]g the truth of the work, and also of the truth of the Book of Mormon, &c. This day Sister Morris Phelps [Laura Clark Phelps], who had travelled 150 miles, <in co with her bro, John W. Clark,> to see her husband, arriv[e]d at Columbia Jail in Columbia.—> [p. 60]

where we spent the remainders of the day.

17 June 1839 • Monday

arrived at .

17 Monday 17 arrived at .

I staid [stayed] at this day, and my bro came in. I had snt [not] seen him before since my deliverance form [from] prisson.— returned to .

18 June 1839 • Tuesday

18 Tuesday 18,[th] I went to the house of a man by the name of Matthws, during the evening the neighbors & I gave them a short discourse.

20 June 1839 • Thursday

20 Thusday 20, visited at ’s from there we were invited to visit at bro Vance’s, which we did, & there gave to the brethren & friends of the neighborhood a brief history of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

22 June 1839 • Saturday

22. Saturday 22d. We retund [returned] to place.

23 June 1839 • Sunday

23 Sunday 23. Went to & preached to a very crowded congregation. & so eager were they to hear that a part of them stood out in the rain during the sermon. In general, they expressed good satisfaction as to what they had heard.

24 June 1839 • Monday

24 Monday 24[th] We started for home, and went to , near . in Hancock Co. where they insisted we should tarry.— and we complied.

This day the purchased the town of , in Lee Co. I. T. [Iowa Territory] togethr with 20,000 acres of Land, adgacent to it.

25 June 1839 • Tuesday

25 Tuesdy 25, We held a meeting. at which I spoke with considerable liberty. to a large congregation

26 June 1839 • Wednesday

Joseph. returns home 26 Wednesday 26. I with family retured. to our home at .

27 June 1839 • Thursday

restored 27 Thurday 27. O (L. 50.) J S.— I attended a of the , at which time Bro made his confession, and was restored to the again.

28 June 1839 • Friday

28 Friday 28[th] I was transacting business of various kinds, counselling consulting the brethers &c, &c.—

29 June 1839 • Saturday

29 Satudy I was mostly at home.

30 June 1839 • Sunday

30. Sunday 30th. I attended meeting at ’s. There was a crowded audience & I bore tistinoy testimony concerning the truth of the work, and also of the truth of the Book of Mormon, &c. This day Sister Morris Phelps [Laura Clark Phelps], who had travelled 150 miles, in co with her bro, John W. Clark, to see her husband, arrived at Columbia Jail in Columbia.— [p. 60]

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Editorial Title
History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
ID #
8472
Total Pages
74
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- Willard Richards
Footnotes
1. 235
  See 17 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
2. 236
  See 18 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
3. 237
  See 20 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
4. 238
  See 22 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
5. 239
  See 23 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
6. 240
  See 24 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
7. 241
  See 25 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
8. 242
  See 26 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
9. 243
  See 27 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
10. 244
  See 28 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
11. 245
  See 29 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
12. 246
  See 30 June 1839 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 956.
13. 247
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