Business/Financial - List of Supplies Account Book, 1850-1855
Sent on the above Note in a draft on J M Bernhisel pr B Young
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31st F. D. Richards Addressed the young people &
children at 11 oclock they again at 3 oclok for
a social party to dance I met with them & addressed
them in the evening they had a pleasant time
this is the last day in the year of 1853.
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Synopsis of my labors in 1853
I Spent 210 days in overseeing
the Tithing hands on the Temple Block
I spent 40 days in the Legislature
52 Sabbaths in meeting, 50 days
farming and 13 for other purposes
Total 365 days as Above in AD 1853
| I Travled | 100 miles |
| I Attended meetings at the Tabernacle | 50 meetings |
| I Preached 18 discourses | 18 |
| I Attended 45 prayer meetings in the Prayer Circle with the Presidency & Twelve | 45 prayer meetings |
| I Baptized 8 persons | 8 Baptized |
| I confirmed 9 persons | 9 confirmed |
| I administered to 5 sick persons | 5 sick |
| I married 2 couple | 4 married |
| I met 8 Times with the Regency | 8 times |
| I met with the Presidency and Twelve In dedicating the Temple Ground in the City of the Great Salt Lake | |
| I Attended 3 conferences | 3 con |
| I wrote |
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| I received 21 Letters | 21 Letters |
| I located South Webber Fort | 1 fort |
Synopsis of the sum total re[c]orded in this
Journal during the last seven years from
1847 to 1853 inclusive
| I Travled (18,866) | 18866 miles |
| I Attended with the Presidency & Twelve | 217 counsels |
| I spent in general conference | 15 days |
| I met with the High Counsel | 15 Times |
| I Preached | 326 discourses |
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| I Baptized | 62 persons |
| I Confirmed | 192 persons |
| I Ordained 1 president & counsellors for a | 3 stake of Zion |
| [I Ordained] Patriarchs | 2 |
| [I Ordained] High Counsel | 24 |
| [I Ordained] High Priests | 23 |
| [I Ordained] Bishops | 1 |
| [I Ordained] Seventies | 10 |
| [I Ordained] Elders | 6 |
| I Blessed 41 children | 41 children |
| I Administered the ord | 12 persons |
| I Laid hands upon 134 sick persons | 134 sick |
| I wrote 517 Letters | 517 Letters |
| I Received 364 Letters | 364 Letters |
| I was Appointed a member of the regency met | 16 days |
| I was Appointed a member of the perpetual emigrating fund I met with them in council | 7 days |
| I was Appointed a member of the Legislature of Deserett also of Utah Territory met with them | 107 days |
| I was Appointed chaplain of the Nauvoo Legion | |
| I was Appointed clerk and Historian for the | 12 Apostles |
| I Blessed 45 missionaries who were sent abroad to the world |
I met with the Presideny & Twelve and all the Authorities
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints on the
Temple block & dedicated the ground for building a Temple
unto the Lord in the city of the Great Salt Lake
Synopsis of W. Woodruff travels & Journals from
1834 to AD 18543 inclusive making Nineteen years
Travled during this period through England, Scotland
Wales, six Islands of the sea, twenty of the United
States & three Territories including the rocky mountans
and Utah & crossed the Atlantic Ocean 4 times
| Total distance travled (80,558) | 80588 miles |
| Held public meetings & preached | 1395 times |
| I attended in the vineyard 86 conferences | 86 conferences |
| I attended Elders counsels | 123 counsels |
| I Attended General Conferences of the Church | 15 confere[nce]s |
| I Attended 217 counsels with the Presidency & 12 | 217 counsels |
| I met 15 times with the High Counsel | 15 times |
| I Baptized (696) Assisted in baptiz | 696 Baptized |
| I confirmed 1004 I help confirm thousands of others | 1004 confirmed |
| I was Baptized for 36 dead fr | 36 Dead |
| I Ordained Patriarchs | 4 Patriarchs |
| I Ordained Bishops | 10 Bishops |
| I Ordained High Counsel | 24 H Counsel |
| I Ordained High Priest | 25 H Priest |
| I Ordained Seventies | 13 seventis |
| I Ordained Elders | 162 Elders |
| I Ordained Priests | 142 Priests |
| I Ordained Teachers | 63 Teachers |
| I Ordained Deacons | 13 Deacons |
| I Ordained 1 President & 2 counsellors of a stake | 3 of Zion |
| I Assisted the Twelve In ordaining 200 Elders & seventies In Nauvoo not counted in the above | 200 number |
| I Administered unto the sick by laying on hands | 498 sick |
| I Blessed 235 Children | 235 child[re]n |
| I Administered the marriage ceremony to | 13 couple |
| I Planted 51 churches | 51 churches |
| I esstablished 77 Preaching Places | 77 |
| I Had 10 mobs rise against me | 10 mobs |
| I Recorded in my Journals 30 of Joseph Smith | 30 sermons |
| I recorded 25 of the sermons of the Twelve | 25 Apostles |
| I wrote 1557 Letters | 1557 Letters |
| I Received 1063 Letters | 1063 Letters |
| I collected for the Temples in Kirtland & Nauvoo | 1674 dollors |
| I collected for publishing the works of L.D.S. | 5000 dollars |
| I Procured subscribers for our papers | 205 subscriber |
I Printed the Times & seasons & Nauvoo neighbor in com-
pany with John Taylor two years we sperotyped the
doctrins & covenants
I Printed 2500 copies of the Millennum Star
I Published 3000 copies of the Doctrins & Coven[an]ts
and secured the copy wright in England
I printed 3000 Hymn Books
I published 20,000 Proclamations of the Twelve Apostles
I have been ordained during the foregoing period
To the office of A Teacher, Priest, Elder, 2nd quorum
of the Seventy 1st quorum of seventies to the quorum
of the Twelve Apostles.
I received my washings Anointings sealings & endow-
ments under the hands of President Brigham Young
I was Appointed a member of the Regency I met with
them 16 days 16 days
I was elected to the Legislature & spent with them 107 days
I was Appointed a chaplain in the Nauvoo Legion
I was Appointed clerk & Historian of the Twleve Apostles
I blessed 45 Missionaries Appointed to go to the world
I Attended the dedication of the Temple Ground in
the city of the Great Salt Lake on the 6th April 1853
I spent 210 days in overseeing the Tithing Hands
while diging out the foundation for the Temple
we laid the cornor stones of the Temple on the 6 April 1853
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