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Dec 9, 1858

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December 09, 1858 ~ Thursday

9^th Phebe is much better this morning I spent the day in
the office on History Brother Fox called in the office this
afternoon & gave me an account of the distances from
the Temple Block toin great Salt Lake City to Johnsons settle-
ment in Rush valley which are as follows

A Table of Distances from Great Salt Lake City
To Johnsons Fort in Rush Valley Shambip County

Council House to Jordon Bridge	1.81	Miles	1.81
Jordon Bridge to point of Mountain	11 3003/100	[Miles]	12.84
Point of Mountain to Black Rock	6 30/100	[Miles]	19.14
Black Rock to E. T. City	3.74	[Miles]	22.88
E T City to Bensons Mills	2.73	[Miles]	25.61
Bensons Mills to Ormus Bates	3.35	[Miles]	28.96
O Bates to Toille City	5.49	[Miles]	34.45
Toille City to Old Barracks	8.91	[Miles]	43.36
Old Barracks to Johnsons Fort	8.22	[Miles]	51.58
From Bensons Mills to Grantsville	10.58

He run the south line of the rush valley Herd Company grant
12 miles south of Hickmans springs which brought it 30 rods
south of a warm spring the government waggon road runs
near it there is a spirit manifested by some of the settlemt
to deprive the Grantees of any right there & rumour
sayes that Bishop Rowbery is ingaged in it

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I feel to acknowledge the Hand of God in all these things. The Lord has sustained us through the war and is now sustaining us through the courts & is thwarting all the designs of our Enemies in all their wicked designs against the Latter Day Saints the Lord has given President Young wisdom to out general all the United States with their Armies Judges & courts so that they have had no power over him or this people for which I feel to praise the name of the Lord

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