which he constantly read. We conversed together about three hours in this solitary abode & our souls were made glad. He informed me of many things that had transpired while he was there in gaol & among the variety he made mention of the goal taking fire a few days previous to my visiting him, he said this looked sumthing like a dark hour the fire was roaring over his head while a scene of uproar confusion & distress was upon every hand engines were rapidly playing around the building—water pouring into every room the people hallowing in the streets ...

A Remarkable Vision I Ann Booth wife of Robert Booth of the Town of Manchester England had the following vision on the 12th Day of March in the year of our Lord 1840. Being carried away in a vision to the place of depart ed souls I saw 12 prision one above another vary large & builded of solled stone. On ariving at the door of the uppermost prision. I beheld one of the 12 Apostles of the Lamb who had been martered ...

first and John Westley then proceded to Baptize A man by the name of Killham the leader of the New Connection of Methodist and next John Madison & then Scott, & John Tongue, the three latter were Methodist Preachers with whom I had formerly been acquainted the next he Baptized was my Grandfather (Edmund Whitehead) & the next was my Uncle (John Whitehead) & the next was my sister (Elizabeth Olland) & next ...

will be several hundred Baptzed soon in this part of the vineyard there is now nearly 200 sants here & the work if but just begun to human appearance Elders Young, & Richards, & myself will continued in this part of the vineyard untill we have secured the grain which is ripe for the harvest the work is rooling [rolling] on in every part of England where the word is faithfully proclamd we have sent the Minutes of our Conferene to the Editors of the Times & Seasons ...

Oct 22nd 1871 Sunday Afternoon O Pratt spoke one hour & 30 Minutes I met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer October 23, 1871 ~ Monday to October 27, 1871 ~ Friday 23rd to 27. I spent the week diging carrotts & Beets & choring [FIGURE] President Young & G. A. Smith with several others started South to spend the winter October 28, 1871 ~ Saturday 28 Oct 1871 [FIGURES] I met with the school ...

Jan 2nd 1872 Church appeared in the Court room to answer to the writ Fitch & Hemstead appeared as his council & asked for Bail. Bates the Prosicuting Attorney also Asked for Bail & Put the sum at $500000. MCKean the Judge Refused Bail But put President Young into the Hands of the Marshall to be confined in one of President Youngs own Homes then President Young returned to his own house ...

the set time has come to favor Zion to build it up in strength power & glory to gather Israel to build Jerrusalem & Zion to fight for our liberty & freedom. we have sent the Gospel forth & preached the Book of Mormon and the minstry of Jesus on this continent in Ancient days Now the time is come to gather Israel & polish them. Their is a great excitement in the world about slavery & the abolitioneist are vary fearful that we shall have the

July 1st be wanted ^He wanted^ flour to feed about 1500 men mostly at Bridger, many men who are on the way to Calafornia will come through here to get their flour. Mr Miller says that all Freight can now bye carried from St Louis to St Joseph either via Rail Road or Steemer for 15 cents per hundred He said that a rail road would be in operation to Kansas City in two years President Young said ...

July 8, 1859 ~ Friday July 8th {It is a cool morning. I spent the day in the office we had a hard rain in the evening and a shower in the night|Deseret Alphabet} July 9, 1859 ~ Saturday 9th {A cool morning I spent a part of the forenoon in the office I called at the president's office at noon He was settling some difficulty with blind [Bradford] Leonard Captain Hooper on Babbits estate ...

Two sets of messengers were sent from Carthage on the evening of the 27th with the melancholy news to Nauvoo. What were their names, distinguishing those who were turned back by Governor Ford? Dan Jones makes the following statement: "We were awoke [during the night of the 26th] by heavy treads as of soldiery close by, and heard a whispering under the window 'who shall go in? how many shall go in? &c'. They came up stairs to the prison door, ^against^ which we had taken ...