Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I sat for a
likeness to be taken by Major to be put into a plate with
others of the Twelve. In the afternoon I met in council with
the Twelve. Elder Stratton who had just arrived from
St Louis was present and gave an account of the affairs of
the Church in that city. We received a mail of papers
containing the war news &c which we read with great
interest in our isolated life.
