Woodruff, Wilford
History of Wilford Woodruff
- Source: Millennial Star 27 (1865)
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May 14.--I left Boston, and walked some thirty miles to Holliston; stayed at Deacon Haven's, and preached. I walked to Providence, Rhode Island, from thence took steamer to New York, and arrived on the 18th. Met and attended meetings with Brother O. [Orson] Pratt until the 27th, when I went up the North River to Newburgh, and preached in several towns in New York and New Jersey, and walked across the country to Farmington, Connecticut, and arrived at my father's June 11, 1838.
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� I left on the 7th [October 1839], and visited New York, Long Island, and New Jersey, in very poor health.
November 1.--I assisted Elders Clark, Wright and Mulliner, to set sail for England. Elder John Taylor had recovered from his sickness, and arrived in New York on the 13th [of] December. December 19.--In company with Elders John Taylor and Theodore Turley, I went on board the packet-ship Oxford, and sailed for Liverpool, where I landed January 11, 1840, in good health and spirits. �
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I attended all the general conferences in England, and set sail with my brethren of the Twelve on the ship Rochester, April 20, 1841. Arrived in New York May 20th. �
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