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Day in the Life

Aug 2, 1847

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August 02, 1847 ~ Monday

2nd [FIGURES] Br Benson starts for the camp to day I wrote A letter to
Father Woodruff by him we commenced to day to lay out the city
plott commiencing with the Temple Block, we formed our whole enca
mpment to day into one circle, on forming our temple block of
40 acres it was so large we held a council to see if it was not wisdom
to reduce it one half the size several expressed their opinion upon
the subject, G. A. Smith believed if we done it we should be sorry
afterwards would rather enlarge than diminish it, Br Kimball though[t] [page covered]
if we let it be as it was & set it out to shrubery we should not
be sorry Br A Lyman said G. A. Smith had spoke his mind &
all our minds seemed to run in about the same channel, the
President said we could eisier diminish than enlarge it afterwar[d] [page covered]
& finally decided to let it remain as it was, we also walked
upon a peace of table land above east of the camp & took a view
of the ~~table~~ city ground which presented a grand prospect to
our view. In the evening I went to the warm sulpher springs
& bathed with Dr Richards G. A. Smith & others