Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.
28. we had a hard rainy night, a rainiy morning with some
hail I set out 2 Bushels of white carrotts for seed. G. A. Smith
got home last night. I saw him in the office to day he says the
led mines worked by N. V. Jones at the vegus have turned into
silver worth $1700 dollars per ton quite a settlement have gone in
there & laid out a town & they come up to the settlem[en]ts for provision
I called upon President Young & spent an hour He spoke of the walls
spreading in the 13 ward Assembly rooms. He also spoke of selling
some land to Jennings or Lawrence also of settling the bucket Factory
Bills it has rained a good Deal to day
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