Lucy commented on how "unlovely" the hut was that Salisbury had to give birth in.

Date
Dec 31, 1844
Type
Manuscript
Source
Lucy Mack Smith
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845, 4, accessed May 13, 2021, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
People
Katharine Smith Salisbury, Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, Lucy Mack Smith
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

We arrived at the Mississipp <I> was unable to sit up any length and could not walk without assistance soon after we crossed this river we stopped at a Negro hut a most unlovely place but we could go no farther here my grand daugter Katharine [Smith Salisbury] gave birth to a fine Girl which She called [blank].

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