Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
The , , and I spent mostly up till 10
o'clock at night in President Young's Office in company withe
Brothers Watt and Samuel Richards in making the manuscript
for the First Reader to be published in the Deseret Alphabet
I spent some time in scearching other books for matter but my
mind was ledd to choose finally our own experience travels incidents
history doctrines and our location and we commenced to write
upon these subjects.
Sunday followed and on the Monday we
resumed our work upon this matter of the Reader and the
Deseret Alphabet. In the evening the committee met with
the Regency at the President's upper room and the work of the
committee was read and accepted. Another Committee