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Jul 21, 1837

Journal Entry

July 21, 1837 ~ Friday

JULY 21st I left Hartford at 5 oclock AM & on
foot I walked during the day 52 miles & stop't
for the night 14 miles west of worcester at 8 oclock
making 15 hours that I walked 3 1/2 miles per hour
through a hot sultry day {Distance} 52 miles

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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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The whole distance of the three days walks above spoken of is 136 miles making 45 miles pr day Excell this ye who can & not be weary in body or lame in limb or joint & it will be because you are assisted by higher power than man {Limit a Nephite's journey.}
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

the I walked 52

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

th I left my Fathers house and ^in company with my wife^ took stage for and rode to Hartford. st Not having money to pay the fare for both myself and wife I paid her fare in the stage to New Rowley Mass, and I walked through a hot sultry day 15 hours averaging 3 1/2 miles an hour making

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

——Not having money to pay the fare for us both, I paid her fare in the stage to New Rowley, Mass., and I walked through a hot sultry day fifteen hours, averaging three and a half miles per hour, making 52 miles.

Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

— . — Not having money to pay the fare for us both, I paid her fare in the stage to New Rowley, Mass., and I walked through a hot sultry day fifteen hours, averaging three and a half miles per hour, making 52 miles.

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Jul 21, 1837