Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
In our prayer circle on this Sunday President Young related the
circumstance of the brethren seeing a circle of about 40 persons dressed
in white robes and caps in the upper room of the Temple Kirtland
during the Spring of 1835 after the endowments. There was
no person in the room at the time who was mortal yet the room
was filled with light and many personsages appeared clothed in white
and frequently went to the windows and looked out so that the brethren
in the streets could see them plainly. Brother Young and Truman
O Angel stood together in the street and looked at them. W. W.
Phelps says he saw them for 3 hours. They were visible by all
the brethren present. Brother Angel said they must have stood
some two feet from the floor as they were only the size of common
men. They could not have been seen from the place where
they stood except it had been the head and those personages
appeared nearly down to the waist as they looked out of window
with a front view
Col. Johnson's Arrival in Camp
Col Albert S. Johnson commander ^had^ arrived in the camp of
the main army and on the night of the 8th an express arrived
in the city with the news and the fact that the calvary was advancing
upon Bridger under a gallop and our picket guard had to run
