22. Sunday I spent the fore part of the day in the
we gave Endowments to ^40^ Men
& not a woman in the House. I laid hands upon
& Brother . I attended meeting
in the in the afternoon spoke
to the people. At the close of the meeting, President
& & John Taylor W. Woodruff
& met at the for
Prayer. The subject of the History of the Prophet
[FIGURE] as Published by Mother was taken up &
President Young said Brother Woodruff as soon as comes home I want yoty to get
& set down & correct the Errors in the History of Joseph
Smith as published by Mother Smith & then let it be
published to the world. He asked if we destroyed valuable
Historical papers by carrying them to the Back house as Dr
Richards did I answered we did not destroy any papers
in that or any other way. President Young spoke his
feelings in a vary plain pointed way to Franklin D Richards
concerning his publishing & presidency in & in the
conducting of the Emigration & of all who had presided in
England since the days of . Before we went into
the Historians Office, we laid hands upon Br
who was at the points of death. After attending to prayers
we were informed that he was dead.
