Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I gave M Cannon 555 dollars
to purchase cattle for the emigration near the outfitting point. I
took 3000 lbs of stationary and books from the Eastern Depot to
long warf and put on board of the ship Beatrice also 900 lbs
of baggage for S. B. Foss.
Next day I continued with my brother-in-law
Ilus and made a bill of hardware also a bill of 600 dollars
worth of shoes
Elder Alexander Badlam arrived home today
from the gold diggings of California. He had been gone one
year and brought two thousand dollars worth of gold dust and
to me he brought as a present from several brethren in the mines
9 1/2 ounces of gold dust; and this began to fulfill onthe portion
of my Patriarchal blessing which said I should have access to
the treasures hid in the sand to assist me in my necesities
and in the gathering of many orphan children to Zion.
Elder Badlam put into my hands
200 dollars and sent from the gold mines to help Thomas Knowles
to Zion and I wrote informing him that he might get ready
to go with us. Brother Badlam besides the gold he
brought for himself had brought considerable to cheer the hearts
of several others sent to them from the mines to help them
emigrate to the Valley.
