Financial Provision

William R. Webb's Providential Provision of Travel Expenses

Published October 5, 2026 at 5:40 AM

1880s · 1880
Newcastle Railway Station

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Millennial Star Research

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While waiting at the Newcastle Railway Station to travel to Stockton, Elder William R. Webb was approached by the husband of a lady who had previously been very bitter against the Latter-day Saints. The lady sent money to cover Webb's railway fare, and the amount was doubled by her husband by the time he delivered it to the Elder.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 42, No. 41 (11 October 1880), p. 653):

Elder William R. Webb, writing from Newcastle, says: 'While waiting at the Newcastle railway station to travel to Stockton, I was approached by the husband of a lady who had previously been very bitter against the Latter-day Saints. She had sent me money to pay my railway fare, and the amount was doubled by her husband by the time he delivered it to me.'

In Their Own Words

“Elder William R. Webb, writing from Newcastle, says: 'While waiting at the Newcastle railway station to travel to Stockton, I was approached by the husband of a lady who had previously been very bitter against the Latter-day Saints. She had sent me money to pay my railway fare, and the amount was doubled by her husband by the time he delivered it to me.'”

— William R. Webb, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 11 October 1880 (Vol. 42, No. 41). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1880-10-11_42_41 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 42, No. 41 (11 October 1880), p. 653 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1880-10-11_42_41

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