[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 13th We Passed quincy at 6 oclok. A cold but plesant day. We stoped at warsaw. I gazed upon the place for a time And thought of there wickedness oppression & cruelty towards the Saints. We also stoped At Keokuk for an hour.
At about 2 oclock we started to ascend the rapids. In about 2 Hours we came in sight of the Splendid Temple built by the Latter Day Saints And also the city of Nauvoo. I immediately got my spy glass And examined the city. The Temple truly looked splendid. We stoped at Montrose And then crossed to Nauvoo at the upper landing.
I soon got a waggon & took my friends to My house whare I had the Happy Privilege of meeting with my Dear wife & children. I found them all well as could be expected. They like myself had a hard voyage across the ocean. They were 9 weeks & 4 days on the Passage and ownly got Home a few days before me. We were all Happy to meet. Here I met my wife And all my children for over one year. Here Parents & Children also meet. I spent the night once more with my family. Distance from St Louis 200.
[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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