July 24, 1848 ~ Monday July 24th Mrs Woodruff feels quite unwell to day I spent the day at res[t] July 25, 1848 ~ Tuesday 25th Mrs Woodruff feels some better today in health she and her Sister Rhoda laboured hard all day at the wash tubs. While Br Carter & myself was busy in making the grave stone for our child July 26, 1848 ~ Wednesday 26th I went out in the morning with Mr

reception of your of your letter dated at Farmington and makes many friendly remarks upon the subjects of friendship connections mormonisn &c&c. We have received a paper of late from Kirtland–there was not particular news in it accepting that the inhabitants of the Citty far West had chosen 2 Judges 14 Justices of peace and established a post Office. Therefore I fear that your letter will get lost by the Office being in another place. I finished that letter which you commenced to Sarah and

July 23, 1857 ~ Thursday 23rd we camped last night in the Big Cotton wood at the place whare the Brethren were cutting granite for the Temple Brothers Rich & A Lyman camped with me G A Smith & many others in fact the whole road was lined with waggons for miles & they camped whare ever they could drive out of the road we arose this morning before 3 oclok & started on our road the Twelve ...

October 12, 1857 ~ Monday Oct 12, 1857 I am some better to day I spent most of the day in the office I gathered 1/2 a bushel of peaches to day which was the last I had I hiered several men to day to dig potatoes 4 men dug through most of the day & ownly got 25 bushel October 14, 1857 ~ Tuesday 13th I went into the field with the men to dig potatoes & had the same Number of men & instead of diging 25 ...

f Oct 26 for their families but to war. I think it is better to let the Army alone this winter they will die many of them and others desert & many be weakened with the scurvey & in the spring we will wipe them out if necessary if they do not go away. we do all of our Business in the name of Israel God and they in their own way. The whole matter can be sumed up in these few words we are here at home by our ...

Nov 24 The Mayor A. O. Smoot had an interview with Govornor Cummings who thoroughly sustained the poliece in their course with the mob on Monday night he told Brother Smoot that the ownly fault he found in the whole affair was that they did not notify him that He might be on the ground to met the mob & head the battle Himself for it was better for the responsibility to come upon him than upon the mayor & poliece of the City. He said ...

Dec 9th A Table of Distances from Great Salt Lake City To Johnsons Fort in Rush Valley Shambip County Council House to Jordon Bridge 1.81 Miles 1.81 Jordon Bridge to point of Mountain 11 08/100 D[itt]o 12.84 Point of Mountain to Black Rock 6 30/100 Do 19.14 Black Rock to E. T. City 3.74 Do 22.88 E T City to

inhabitants of the Earth and the people are waxing worse & worse and are becomeing filled with all manner of lying deceavings robing whoredoms, murders Blasphemies & wicked- ness of evry kind. Yea Emperors, Kings, Princes, Lords Presidents Govornors Judges and all the Ruellers of the whole Earth as well as the people have become so corrupt before God that He is angry with them and the Lord is begining to visit them with war & bloodshed & with pestilence tempest thunder lightning & great hail, whirlwinds & devouring fire this is ...

it has been I met with the Quorum of the Twelve E Snow was mouth in opening & F. D. Richards was mouth in the Circle January 3, 1859 ~ Monday 3rd I met with the Legislature I attended a land meeting at the 16 ward Meeting to make a new fence around the pasture January 4, 1859 ~ Tuesday 4th I called at the office at 9 oclok I attended the Legislature and during the day the Grand Jury decided that

January 12, 1859 ~ Wednesday Jan 12th I attended the Legislature & spent the afternoon & evening in picking up papers for Binding January 13, 1859 ~ Thursday 13th I attended the Legislator we went into Joint session and appointed all the Judges & Notairey publics in all the counties in this Territory which was organized Luke Johnson was appointed Probate Judge of Shambip Co & Samuel Benyon Notary Public " " [of Shambip Co] we ...