May 29, 1837 ~ Monday May 29th I met in the house of the Lord to attend an important conference or meeting of the high councel to attend to some important business of the Church let memory speak upon this subject two {of the presidency} two {of the Twelve and} one {of the seventy were stood before the Council for aggressing} It was considered not {lawful to} try {the president} before the high Councel but before the Bishop the Presidents withdrew the council closed without transacting business ^I ...

On the 31 which ^w^as the last day of Dec & of the year 1833 I Joined the Church of Latter Day Saints was Baptized by Elder Zerah Pulsifer on the 31 of Dec 1833 in company with with my Brother Azmon Woodruff we were the two first that was baptized by a latter day saint in Oswego Co NY. I was ordained a Teacher by Elder Pulsifer Jan 2nd 1834 Travled while A Teacher from the 11th of Aprail to 25^th^ of June 1834. — — 1238 ...

July 8, 1835 ~ Wednesday July 8th Spent the day with Br Jackson's July 9, 1835 ~ Thursday 9th Rode to Mr Fosters Preached at his house then RODE to brother Lanes in PaRIS distance 30 miles July 10, 1835 ~ Friday 10th Rode to Col Copelands distance 10 miles July 11, 1835 ~ Saturday 11th Spent the day at Col Copelands & the night at Davis's July ...

God while nature was hushed in silenced by the sable shades of night. After spending the night in prayer we returned to our homes in the morning intending to spend the day in prayer & fasting for still greater blessings this being upon April 5, 1837 ~ Wednesday April 5th I spent a part of the day in attending the high council the remainder in writing, prayer & fasting I again repaired to the upper ^lower^ part of the house of the Lord at 5 oclock PM. with the quorum ...

August 10, 1842 ~ Wednesday to September 19, 1842 ~ Monday I was confined to my Bed or house from the 10th of Aug to the 19th of Sept making 40 days during my sickness the Twelve came & anointed me & lade hands upon me & rebuke my fever & I felt a testimony that I should recover after I began to recover I had a relaps twice which put me back much. In one instance I was requested to attend a Conference or Council of ...

May 16, 1842 ~ Monday to May 19, 1842 ~ Thursday May 16, 17 18, & 19 I spent in the printing office as usual May 20, 1842 ~ Friday 20 [FIGURE] I received a letter from L. R. Foster New York containing $30.00 dollars on what he owed me for books [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br Dwight Webster acknowledging the recept of $50 dollars which he lent me & sent him a note ...

New Castle spent some little time at Father Rowleys who was vary feeble. There is many silk manufacterers in New Castle [FIGURE] I Purchased 15 yards of Black silk for a dress for Phebe at 2/2 per yard [FIGURE] £1 12 6 & 7 yards of lineing at /4 1/2 per yard £0 2 7 1/2 this was considerd as cheap £1 15 1 1/2 as any could be bought in England according to the quality I walked with several Brethren to

speach trying to justify himself was followed by President Hyram Smith plead in behalf of winchester on the side of mercy Elder George J. Adams gave his testimony against winchester then Elder Winchester followed Adams & both spoke sever[al] times then President Joseph Smith arose & rebuked Elder Winchester in the sharpest manner said he had a lying spirit & had lied about him & told him of many of his errors after hearing the testimony Elder

July 1st 1834 with him through the season as he had taken a job to make one hundred thousand of brick and to build a dw elling house out of the same for Mr Michael Arthur, which made labour for many of the brethren I commenced labouring at Brother Wight's about the first of July I found many great and glorious privil eges here as it was the place appointed for the meeting of the high Council & also the Elders Council and Courts to tra nsact all their business ...

On points of the gospel. And in fine those councils which God hath app ointed in these last days are in the first degree the most instructive and inter esting to the honest enquirer after truth light and intelligence that this generation of the human family hath access to. I continued to labour with a number of my Brethren at Brother Wight's through the summer and fall. We had preaching occasionally through the summer from persons who were appointed by the council to teach. And seperate from those meetings the branch of the Church by ...