Monday 30th Wrote 8 letters to correspondents as named under the 29th which
is a mistake in date I watered my wheat through the day & night
President Young was at home all day writing to correspondents. H. C. Kimball
was at home dealing out flour to the poor. J M Grant was at home
July 1st I returned from the field this morning feel quite an attack of the
Rheumatism from being with wet feet & in the cold I spent the afternoon
in the Office. President Young spent the day at home at the office business H C Kimball spent the day at home at work upon his storehouse
2nd [FIGURE] I received a letter from Mrs White on Rhachael Robinson at the point of the Mountain concerning her rights there I read it to President Young He said that the church had reserved one mile East & 2 miles west
of the rock for church purposes a bathing esstablishment &c. I spent the day
in the office except an hour with the president in the morning he rode to his mill A Lyman was with the president in the morning. H. C. Kimball spent the day
at home. P. P. Pratt asked President Young what He should do with
regard to tithing said he had been travelling & preaching a good deal & had not
paid any tithing. President Young said the Law of tithing reached evry man
He should pay his tithing if he had to have five times as much from the
tithing office in order to live & all that he had from the tithing office should
be charged to him & he should consecrate what he had to the church
He said that he should consecrate what he had to the church that his children
when he was dead should not squander his property & go to Hell upon it
I attended the Agricultural meeting at 7 oclk
3rd I spent the day in the office. President Young spent most of the day
at home he rode out towards evening. Presidet Kimball spent the day
at home
July 4th Independance. Their was quite a ^military^ display this day in the City of the great Salt Lake during this day in celebration of the
Anaversary of the American Independance. the fireing of cannon
ringing of Bells, display of flags, an oration from Gov Young
& toasts, were among the scenes of the day. A Ball in the social
Hall & through the various wards during the evening was manifest
the Account of this days celebration will be found in the Deseret
News of July 9th
6th Sunday I had a severe attact of the Rheumatism & did not
attend meeting. President Young preached in the morning & A
Lyman in the afternoon I attended the prayer meeting in the
evening was vary lame I was Called upon in company with A
Lyman to Administer to sister Mary Pratt who had been in
labour all day I was mouth I promised her all should be well
with her & her child, in 15 minuts she had a fine boy born
7th I was quite lame all day I rode down to the grass lot spent the after-
noon in the office President Young was at home & H. C. Kimball,
was at home building a store house
Monday 30th Wrote 8 letters to correspondents as named under the 29th which
is a mistake in date I watered my wheat through the day & night
President Young was at home all day writing to correspondents. H. C. Kimball
was at home dealing out flour to the poor. J M Grant was at home
July 1st I returned from the field this morning feel quite an attack of the
Rheumatism from being with wet feet & in the cold I spent the afternoon
in the Office. President Young spent the day at home at the office business
H C Kimball spent the day at home at work upon his storehouse
2nd [FIGURE] I received a letter from Mrs White on Rhachael Robinson at the
point of the Mountain concerning her rights there I read it to President
Young He said that the church had reserved one mile East & 2 miles west
of the rock for church purposes a bathing esstablishment &c. I spent the day
in the office except an hour with the president in the morning he rode to his mill
A Lyman was with the president in the morning. H. C. Kimball spent the day
at home. P. P. Pratt asked President Young what He should do with
regard to tithing said he had been travelling & preaching a good deal & had not
paid any tithing. President Young said the Law of tithing reached evry man
He should pay his tithing if he had to have five times as much from the
tithing office in order to live & all that he had from the tithing office should
be charged to him & he should consecrate what he had to the church
He said that he should consecrate what he had to the church that his children
when he was dead should not squander his property & go to Hell upon it
I attended the Agricultural meeting at 7 oclk
3rd I spent the day in the office. President Young spent most of the day
at home he rode out towards evening. Presidet Kimball spent the day
at home
July 4 in the
City of the great Salt Lake during this day in celebration of the
Anaversary of the American Independance. the fireing of cannon
ringing of Bells, display of flags, an oration from Gov Young
& toasts, were among the scenes of the day. A Ball in the social
Hall & through the various wards during the evening was manifest
the Account of this days celebration will be found in the Deseret
News of July 9th
6th Sunday I had a severe attact of the Rheumatism & did not
attend meeting. President Young preached in the morning & A
Lyman in the afternoon I attended the prayer meeting in the
evening was vary lame I was Called upon in company with A
Lyman to Administer to sister Mary Pratt who had been in
labour all day I was mouth I promised her all should be well
with her & her child, in 15 minuts she had a fine boy born
7th I was quite lame all day I rode down to the grass lot spent the afternoon in the office President Young was at home & H. C. Kimball,
was at home building a store house
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," June 30, 1856 - July 7, 1856, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 9, 2023, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/D4A
