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Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834

 
On the banks of the Mississippi, June 4th. 1834
My Dear Companion, I now embrace a few moments to dictate a few  words that you may know how it is with us up to this date.
We arrived this morning on the banks of the Mississippi, and were detained  from crossing the river, as there was no boat that we could cross in, but expect  a new one to be put into the river this evening, so that we are in hopes, to be able to  cross to morrow, and proceed on our journey. A tolerable degree of union has  prevailed among the brethren or camp

The name of the spring 1834 military expedition from Kirtland, Ohio, to Clay County, Missouri. It later came to be known as “Zion’s Camp.” This relief expedition, appointed by revelation and led by JS, consisted of about two hundred armed but largely untrained...

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 up to the present moment, and we are all in  better circumstances of health apparently than when we started from Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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  with the exception of Alden Childs who is sick with the Mumps attended with [p. 56]

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Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
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