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Jun 10, 1858

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June 10, 1858 ~ Thursday

10^th In company with the Presidency and Twelve I left
Provo at abut 4 oclok rode to the American fork took
breakfast then rode to the City of the Great Salt Lake
arived at about 3 oclok we stoped at President Youngs
Mansion I took supper at his house but spent the night
in my own house with Robert Scholes. I found my orchard
both Apples, pe[a]ches, plums and grapes all hanging full of fruit

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11th [FIGURES] The Presidency Twelve and many others met with the peace commissioners in the Council House Governor Powell a senator Elect Hailing from Kentucky and Maj McCullough from Texas were then introduced to the Assembly as the peace commissioners sent by President Buchanan Gov Powell spoke to the people & informed us what the President wished at our hands President Buchanan sent by them a proclamation accusing us of treason & some 50 other crimes all of which was fals yet He Pardoned us for all those offences if we would be subject to the Constitution and laws of the United States and if we would let his troops winter in our Territory He pledged himself that they should not interfere or infringe upon any city town or people of this Territory that he had no right to interfere with our religion, tenets, faith, or practice in any of our religion. The peace confirmed the same they did not wish to enquire into the past at all but let it all go but talk about the present & the future President Buchanan

~ Wilford Woodruff