[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11th Arived in St Louis at 10 oclok. Took passage for Nauvoo on the Red wing at $4 each. Ibought A Bill of Farming utensial Plough log ChainsAxes shovels, Hoes, spades, sythes sickels, forks,steel Iron combs Cards grindstone breast & traceChains Codfish cheese &c &c. The whole Bill $67.Also A Hat for Father $2.75 1 Bolt cotton $3.25other Sundrys $3.40. I spent the day in the city ofSt Louis. The boat started at 7 oclok.Little Phebe had slept with me at all timesduring the whole Journey And when we come to go tobed on this boat I found the birth so narrow we wereuncomfortable And we had both taken Cold last night
And did not sleep well to night. Distance fromCincinna[ti] to St Louis 700 miles.
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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