22. Sunday I spent the fore part of the day in the
Endowment House we gave Endowments to ^40^ Men
& not a woman in the House. I laid hands upon
Enoch B. Tripp & Brother Hunt. I Attended meeting
in the Tabernacle in the afternoon John Taylor spoke
to the people At the close of the meeting, President Young
& Wells & John Taylor W. Woodruff F. D. Richards
& G. Q. Cannon met at the Historians office for
prayer The subject of the History of Joseph the Prophet
as Published by Mother Smith was taken up &
President Young said Brother Woodruff as soon as G A
Smith comes home I want yoty to get Elias Smith
& set down & correct the Errors in the History of Joseph
Smith as published by Mother Smith & then let it be
published to the world. He asked if we destroyed valuable
Historical papers by carriying them to the Back house as Dr
Richards did I answered we did not destroy any papers
in that or any other way President Young spoke his
feelings in a vary plain pointed way to Franklin D Richards
concerning his publishing & presidency in Englangd & in the
conducting of the Emigration & of all who had presided in
England since the days of Hedlock. Before we went into
the Historians Office, we laid hands upon Br Finley Free
who was at the points of death After attending to prayers
we were informed that he was dead.
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The subject of the History of Joseph the Prophet [FIGURE] as Published by Mother Smith was taken up & President Young said Brother Woodruff as soon as G A Smith comes home I want yoty to get Elias Smith & set down & correct the Errors in the History of Joseph Smith as published by Mother Smith & then let it be published to the world.
